{"id":600,"date":"2024-04-18T13:23:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T11:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2025-02-13T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:52:59","slug":"van-remoortel-remo-frit-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/famille-van-remoortel-remo-frit\/","title":{"rendered":"Remo-Frit: Success of the Van Remoortel family with assets of \u20ac30M and innovation in French fries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Van Remoortel family<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The assets of the Belgian company known as <strong>Remo-Frit<\/strong>is currently estimated at <strong>over 30 million euros<\/strong>. Remo-Frit, located in Verrebroek in the east of Flanders, has made its mark in the field of <strong>production of pre-cut potatoes<\/strong>. Under the capable management of Jozef Van Remoortel and his wife Frieda Apers, the company was able to innovate in the '80s, at a time when the market was becoming increasingly competitive. <a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/fernand-huts-katoen-natie\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"538\">port of Antwerp<\/a> was expanding, leading to the expropriation of <a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/category\/agroalimentaire\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"17\">extensive farmland<\/a>including those cultivated by the couple for potato production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f7cd010d4e3&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f7cd010d4e3\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/potato-sorting-processing-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Washing potatoes for the Van Remoortel family\" class=\"wp-image-2387\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/04\/potato-sorting-processing-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/04\/potato-sorting-processing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/04\/potato-sorting-processing-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/04\/potato-sorting-processing-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Development of the Remo-Frit company:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Foundation :<\/strong> By Jozef Van Remoortel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Verrebroek, Belgium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Specialty:<\/strong> Production of pre-cut French fries and peeled potatoes for professional kitchens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Innovation:<\/strong> Partnership with Air Liquide to preserve the freshness of preservative-free products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In his early days, forty-year-old Jozef Van Remoortel made the strategic decision to market the potatoes grown on his land by selling them to local French fry shops and grocery stores. He soon seized the opportunity to meet the growing demand for fresh, processed vegetables, which led him to collaborate with<strong> Air Liquide<\/strong> for the development of an innovative preservation process. With the help of this industrialist, Remo-Frit set up its first factory and extended its product range to include peeled potatoes, which were then distributed to canteens, prisons, local authorities and company restaurants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f7cd010d905&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f7cd010d905\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cooking-delicious-french-fries-hot-oil-closeup-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"the Van Remoortel family in full cooking mode\" class=\"wp-image-2391\" 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direct descendants of Jozef Van Remoortel, a condition recently reinforced following a divorce within the family, and the company's shareholders must be direct descendants of Jozef Van Remoortel.<strong> a fortune of \u20ac34,246,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f7cd010dc8c&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f7cd010dc8c\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"594\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WB-logo-e1709642222504.png\" alt=\"Van Remoortel Family Football Club logo\" class=\"wp-image-2393\" 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