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Supplier in the spotlight: The Flower Company

Date
21/09/2021


Categories
Collaboration

Beautiful products with often an even more beautiful view.

Thanks to the Flower Company, we can offer many more beautiful products from the south of Africa in addition to the well-known Coral Fern.

We spoke to Wilmé Kotze, she told us everything about the company, the work, the team and the product. Read on quickly.

 

 

1. Can you tell us more about the company?

The Flower Company staff are all specialists in the cut flower industry, and yet still passionate and dedicated to sharing the magnificent and unique Cape Flora with the rest of the world. We are covered from the technical aspects all the way through to the logistics required to get your product from the best quality suppliers, at super competitive pricing and the most efficient logistics. We literally go to the ends of the earth for our clients and suppliers.

 

 

2. What does your company stand for?

Integrity, Reliability, Quality and Transparency.

 

4. How long have you been supplying WBE?

The channels have evolved over the years, but it has been nearly 25 years.

 

5. Which products do you supply to WBE?

Coral fern is the main product, but they also buy a wide range of our other greens and flowers.

 

6. What do you think are the advantages of WBE?

WBE have a great reputation in the market, and we are really privileged to list them as one of our clients.

 

7. What is your role within the company?

We are all part of a tight-knit team who fulfill any role should the need arise.

 

8. What does your day look like?

It’s the flower business! So off to work when the rest of the world is sleeping. We do the necessary quality inspections. Then we allocate the previous night’s deliveries onto the relevant shipments, ensure all the phyto inspections and documentation are done correctly and timeously for hand in to the relevant airlines. We then process all the new orders to get them to our suppliers asap, for delivery that evening. By the time most people are arriving at work we have already had a 4-5 hour day.

 

9. Do you have any tips / tricks for your product?

Most of our products are hardy, but to ensure extra-long vase life and quality: Good cold chain management and cutting some stem off before putting it into clean water.