Karmi Group is a group of companies, located in Limassol, which deals with the retail and wholesale trade of fruit and vegetables.
It consists of the following member companies:
• KARMI UNIFRUIT LTD, an importing and exporting company of fruit and vegetable products, which was established in March 1996. It started in 1976 as a small family business by Alecos Sophocleous. After almost 20 years of experience of fruit and vegetable retail, Sophocleous chose to deal with wholesale trade as well, mainly with imports.
• KARMI GENERAL TRADING (CYPRUS) LTD, a company based in Larnaca, specializes in wholesale trading of local fruit and vegetables, and has been a member of the group since September 2010.
• LIMNIA FROUTARIA LTD, a chain of five shops covering all of the central and west parts of Limassol, as well of the suburbs. The first shop, which was also the first fruit market in Limassol, was founded in 1982 by Alecos Sophocleous.
• KARMI FRUITLINK LTD, which joined the group in May 2016, specializes in ready-made salads, pre-washed and pre-cut products of all kinds, as well as packed whole or cut products. The ultra-modern facilities are situated in the 3rd Industrial Area of Ipsonas.
All of the member companies possess a food safety management system, employ more than 140 people and hold a pancyprian distribution network.
Even though Limassol was chosen to develop the group as a result of the Turkish invasion, as the family was forced to flee their native village of Karmi, the city has offered many opportunities.
Limassol covers a big area and hosts a large and multicultural population, thus permitting the launching of new products alongside local ones, while at the same time providing a significant market. Additionally, the situation is ideal as it is in the middle of the other three large districts, and the port is also nearby, greatly enabling the import of goods.
