What is Varekamp Coldstores?

Varekamp Coldstores is a full-service cold chain logistics provider based in the Netherlands, specialising in fresh produce: fruit, vegetables, (sweet) potatoes, and flower bulbs. If you are an importer, exporter, producer, or retailer in the fresh industry and need transport, customs, storage, ripening, and packing handled under one roof, this is the kind of partner the company positions itself as. It operates 26 cold stores and draws on more than 70 years of experience, and it is part of Europe Retail Packing.

What Varekamp Coldstores does

The company describes itself as a logistics service provider with cold storage and packaging specialisation "from port to retailer." Its stated goal is to fully relieve fresh produce clients of logistics and packaging work so they can focus on marketing the product.

Its service scope covers:

• Transport — refrigerated logistics as part of the international supply chain
• Customs — customs handling within the same single point of contact
• Storage and handling — conditioned (cold) storage capacity
• Ripening — ripening cells for products that need it
• Packing — packaging machines and packing services

Because these sit under one roof, customers deal with a single point of contact for transport, customs, handling and storage, ripening, and packing.

Who it is for

Varekamp Coldstores targets businesses in the fresh produce chain rather than consumers. According to its own description, that means:

The company specialises in four product groups: fruit, vegetables, potatoes (including sweet potatoes), and flower bulbs.

How it works with customers

Three principles shape the working relationship, based on the company's own description:

• A single point of contact — one contact for all questions and requests across transport, customs, handling and storage, ripening, and packing.
• A single system — depending on customer wishes, work runs on one dedicated system with tools, automations, and portals that provide transparency into shipment history, production and sales orders, stock, and costs.
• A single invoice — everything can be billed on one collective invoice, or split up if that suits the customer's administration better.

The company notes that arrangements remain custom work rather than a fixed package.

Location and scale

Varekamp Coldstores is located between Rotterdam and Schiphol, at an Agri Business Centre — a position it describes as a strategic link in the international supply chain and a fit for refrigerated logistics.

On capacity, the site lists counters for cold rooms, pallet locations, packaging machines, ripening cells, Aweta automatic sorting lines, and warehouses. The published page shows these as figures without the underlying numbers, so exact capacity should be confirmed directly with the company.

What to check before choosing it

If you are evaluating Varekamp Coldstores as a logistics partner, these are the practical questions to raise:

1. Product fit — does your product fall within fruit, vegetables, potatoes, or flower bulbs, and does it need ripening or just cold storage?
2. Temperature and condition requirements — confirm your specific storage conditions can be met.
3. Customs scope — clarify which customs formalities are handled in-house.
4. System integration — ask how the dedicated system and portal connect with your own ordering or stock systems.
5. Invoicing — decide whether you want the collective invoice or a split arrangement.
6. Capacity and timing — request current availability for pallet locations and ripening cells, since the site does not publish these figures.

Because the company presents itself as a custom-solutions provider rather than a self-service platform, the practical next step is a direct conversation about your product flow, volumes, and required services.