Kerevitas Gıda San.Tic.A.S. About

Kerevitaş Gıda Sanayi, the first company in the retail frozen food sector in Turkey, was established in 1970 in the Akçalar district of Bursa. Kerevitaş, whose primary activity is the export of live crayfish to Scandinavian countries, started the production and export of frozen fruits and vegetables in 1980 in line with the requests from the countries it exports to.

In 1990, Kerevitaş, the first company to enter the retail market in Turkey with its SuperFresh brand with fruit and vegetable, seafood products and pizza varieties, introduced the Turkish consumer to the 'frozen product concept', which had extremely innovative meanings for that time. Within a few years, Kerevitaş added the first frozen puff pastry and pastry varieties of its sector to its product range. Kerevitaş is the company with the richest product range in the frozen food market, with a total of 128 products in its retail channel under the SuperFresh brand.

In 1993, Kerevitaş expanded its product range and introduced canned tuna to the market, and in 1994 it took its place on the shelves with the 'first canned corn'. Then, it enriched its product range with canned soil products and ready meals. Its innovative attitude in the sector, the importance it attaches to quality and hygiene have made Kerevitaş and its brand SuperFresh the generic brand of the sector. In other words, Turkish consumers tasted many products from frozen vegetables to pizza, from puff pastry to canned corn for the first time with the SuperFresh brand.

Kerevitaş, which has a total of nearly 400 products in the mass consumption and retail channel; It meticulously handles every stage of production from raw material selection to reaching the end consumer. With its world-class production, Kerevitaş is one of the companies that has been awarded the BRC (British Retail Consortium), ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System and ISO 9001 Quality Management System certificates. Successfully passing the audits conducted by AIB (American Institute of Baking), Kerevitaş also proved that it is at world standards with its Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

Today, Kerevitaş manufactures with modern technology in its factory consisting of 5 main enterprises (vegetable-fruit, potato, bakery products, tuna fish and seafood) on a 220.000 m² area and 62.000 m² closed area in Bursa Akçalar. The distribution of frozen products stored in -18°C warehouses is made with more than 200 vehicles and approximately 25,000 cabinets in the stores serve mass consumption and retail. Headquartered in Istanbul, the company has been operating as a publicly traded company since 1995.

Kerevitaş's SuperFresh branded products; it meets its consumers domestically through Regional Directorates in Istanbul Europe/Asia, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Adana, Antalya and 50 dealerships affiliated to the regions. Many products of Kerevitaş' wide product range are exported to a total of 25 countries, mainly to European, Middle Eastern and American countries.