Our Company

Looije has a company policy that is aware of its responsibility in terms of safety, hygiene and wholesomeness of food products.

Our history
is the sum of every moment

Looije OPFH owes its name to Looije Tomaten, a Dutch family business founded by J.M. Looije in 1946.

1946

1998

The brothers Jos and Vincent Looije come to Spain to expand their cultivation and achieve 12 months of production. Looije Águilas is born.

Looije centralizes its production from the Spanish market, being since this year its production and commercial headquarters.

2005

2010

Looije creates an growers organization with growers from Águilas, Mazarrón and Almería. It achieves a high quality and flavourful production all year round under the Sarita brand.

Looije opens new office and packhouse building to enable the packaging of 13 million kilos of cherry tomatoes.

2018

2024

Since 2019, we build high-tech greenhouses to increase production per m2 and exceed new standards of excellence.

Future

Continuing to grow.
We continue working towards innovation and development.

Mission

Our mission is to contribute to the development of our region and society and to help maintain a healthy lifestyle. Thus, we jointly market the production of growers from the areas of Águilas, Mazarrón and Almería to offer a high quality and tasty product all year round under the Sarita brand.

Values

Respect

Trust

Enthusiasm

Passion

We want people to enjoy eating our tomatoes in a healthy way.

Respect for the environment

We use integrated production techniques (biological control, pollinators, etc.) to reduce the consumption of phytosanitary products. We also make efficient use of water, as we use high-frequency irrigation techniques adjusted by means of climate sensors and rainwater collection.

In addition, our offices are equipped with solar panels that supply clean energy to all our facilities.

State-of-the-art facilities

Our facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art tools that optimise the working process to the maximum. In addition to these innovations, all greenhouses have terminals installed for task control that send the information directly to a central computer.

Humification

Task
control

Climate
control

Thermal
screen

CO2
injection

Differential aspects

Growers' school

On a monthly basis, technical meetings, visits and training courses are held with growers, partners and our technicians, which contributes to increasing the technical level of our cherry tomatoes and the sustainability of the production chain.

Panel of tasters

In 2016 we signed an agreement with the University of Miguel Hernandez with the aim of creating a tasting pannel specialised in the main characteristics of tomatoes.

Quality

Looije OP sacrifices 30% of its production to obtain a tomato with an excellent quality that stands out for its organoleptic atributes and long shelf life.

Coordination of growers

We harvest according to our demand (pull criterion). Our sales department is in constant contact with the growers, getting to know in advance how much and when is going to be harvested.

Freshness

Thanks to coordination with our growers, we avoid keeping tomatoes in stock. The tomatoes are packed and shipped to their destination the day after they are harvested.