Specialising in the production and supply of top quality tomatoes grown in the most sustainable way possible, APS is a genuinely innovative and forward thinking business
We plant over 2.2 million tomato plants every season
We grow more than 65 seed varieties under 56.4 hectares of glass (equivalent to around 120 football pitches)
We harvest over
20,000 tonnes of tomatoes every year
We supply over 211,500 mWh of electricity annually to the National Grid, which powers over 200,000 homes
We employ over
750 people across
our 7 sites
A. Pearson & Sons was founded in 1949 in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. Since then the business has expanded to five locations and the APS Group now includes 141 acres of glasshouse and 103,000 square feet of packing facilities in Cheshire, Kent, Isle of Wight, Chichester and the North East.