The domestic early potato campaign continues to run at full speed. "We are currently receiving very nice quality salad potatoes of the Annabelle variety from the Palatinate. You can tell that the Palatinate potatoes are very highly valued. I would almost say that the Palatinate Grumbeere is a seal of quality in itself," says Michael Hurler, Managing Director of Gebr. Hurler Kartoffelgroßhandel GmbH, based at the Stuttgart wholesale market.
Meanwhile, potato prices are higher than ever, says Hurler, who runs the company together with his brother Tim. "Our father founded the company almost 30 years ago and offered regional potatoes from Bavaria at the local wholesale market. Later, he gradually expanded the product range, so we have been a marketing partner of Kartoffel Kuhn at the Stuttgart wholesale market for many years. Through the landlord of our premises, a native Spaniard, we have been able to establish contacts with Spanish producers, so that we can now also offer a growing range of vegetables such as cucumbers, peppers, aubergines and courgettes."
Tim and Michael Hurler are the managers of the eponymous wholesale business.
The clientele of the family-owned company mainly includes weekly market and specialist retailers who collect their goods locally. "The potato market is changing: In the past, there used to be a lot of potato storage campaigns with 25 kg sacks, but today people tend to buy smaller containers. As a potato wholesaler, however, we still sell the goods mainly in 25 kg containers."
Regional garlic
Furthermore, garlic has also established itself as an interesting article in recent years. "We always had the fresh garlic from the Netherlands, but in the meantime we have been able to find a good producer in the Palatinate who supplies us with nice, thick goods calibre 70+. We also get dried l'Autrec garlic from France and fine shallots from Brittany. In the case of the latter item, we are expecting the first new-quality batches soon," it concludes.
Further information:
Michael Hurler
HURLER GEBR. GmbH
Großmarkt Stuttgart
Telefon + Fax: +49 71142088411
E-mail: mhurler@t-online.de