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Hedon Salads Ltd

Leading The Way. We are a leading grower and supplier of fresh, top quality produce in the UK.

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A little About Us

Hedon Salads Ltd is a privately owned company founded in 1993 by Tony Magistro, and Tom Salmon. Tony is our Executive Director and Tom our Managing Director.

Together they identified an opportunity in the market place for the supply of top quality fresh produce. Their mission was to offer customers a wide range of quality produce from a single source, while maintaining total control from seed through to delivery

With three production sites all based in Yorkshire and sited on the main East-West Motorway, our fleet of chilled distribution trucks and logistics team can ensure the freshest quality produce can be delivered anywhere in the UK.

Since its formation the company has expanded through organic growth and acquisition and now forms one of the largest produce companies in the UK.

The company employs over 400 staff and was the first company in the UK Horticulture business to achieve the Investors in People standard in 1995.

Hedon Salads Ltd consists of three sites.

Newport is the principal site and head office. It is the main production and distribution centre for the company. The 16-acre greenhouse produces green, yellow and orange peppers under our strict production and technical controls.

Burstwick is dedicated to cucumber production in a purpose built and utilises lighting within the 30-acre facility. This enables us to produce the highest quality; again under our own management controls.

North East Growers, our newest and largest addition has undergone a £6.0m redevelopment to improve the heating and irrigation systems. Primarily aubergines and red peppers are grown at this 36-acre site.

  • Newport 16 acres Sweet Peppers
  • Burstwick 30 acres Cucumbers
  • North East Growers 26 acres Sweet Peppers
  • 10 acres Aubergine


Therefore making us:

  1. The largest UK grower of Cucumbers.
  2. The largest UK grower of Aubergines
  3. The second largest UK grower of Sweet Peppers.