IT WILL BE BORN AS A RESULT OF THE ACQUISITION OF AGRUPALMERÍA BY CASI.

The CASI cooperative is in the final phase of the purchase process of the Agrupalmería warehouse. The negotiations that have been taking place for months, are about to close on a deal that will make Europe's largest tomato cooperative even bigger.

It has become one of those open secrets that exist at the foot of the greenhouse, in the sector, that is discussed in the warehouse unloading the goods or in the supply store; but practically, various agricultural means, They have already echoed what is about to be consummated.

In the field of Níjar, in the Cañada and the Alquián (the areas of influence of these two tomato companies), The producers of both have been making all kinds of speculations about this acquisition for some time now.. But all the details will probably be known at the next ordinary assembly of the CASI, which will be celebrated on Saturday 23 of March.

In this assembly, in all probability, The numbers will be presented and the partner farmers and collaborators will be informed about the reasons for this business operation., sources from the sector point out.

If the acquisition is definitively closed, as everything seems to indicate, The concentration of supply in Almería in tomatoes will be very visible. It will be called ALMOST, San Isidro Agricultural Cooperative. In this way, with a billing volume greater than 300 million euros, CASI would once again be the first marketer in the province of Almería, ousting La Unión.