Your own tomato buyer at the CASI auction
We buy tomatoes on your behalf in Almería, the largest winter vegetable region in Europe. Photos and prices early every morning; you set your maximum price and we buy only at or below it. One transparent fee per kilo on your supplier invoice. You pay the grower, not us.
How it works
Three steps. No membership, no minimum, no stories.
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Tell us what you need
Tomato or pepper type, quality, format (box, flow-pack, loose), quantity and how often. We agree the fee per kilo and you sign the auction's buyer authorisation, which names Ortenovus as your agent.
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Early morning: photos and prices
Before the auction opens we send you photos of the lots on offer and the price range. You reply "buy" with the quantity and the maximum price you are willing to pay, and we bid for you. We never buy above your limit, and you see what you get before it is bought.
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The grower invoices you directly
CASI loads the same day and invoices you at the auction price plus our fee. Your money goes to the cooperative, not to us. No hidden margin: the fee is one line on the invoice.
You set the maximum price
Every order carries your price cap per kilo. If the auction goes above it, we simply don't buy that day and tell you why. No surprises on the invoice.
What it costs
One fixed fee per kilo, agreed with you before the first purchase and shown on every invoice. No percentage, no extras. Ask us for the figure.
Tomatoes and peppers, October to June
Our two specialities, the ones we follow lot by lot every day at the auction. Tell us your calendar and we tell you what is good that week.
Tomato
Vine (truss), cherry and cherry vine, plum, round, beef and Raf. Loose, flow-pack or vine in box. The core of the CASI auction, every day of the season.
Oct – JunPepper
California red, yellow, green and orange; Lamuyo; Italian sweet; Padrón on request. Graded by calibre, loose or flow-pack.
Oct – Jun
Also from the same auction, on request: cucumber, courgette, aubergine and, from spring, melon and watermelon. Certified lots (GlobalG.A.P., GRASP) available for retail programmes.
Who we are
Ortenovus is a small company in Almería run by a family that has worked with the region's growers for three decades, supplying equipment to the greenhouses around the auction. We know the product, the people and the trucks.
We speak your language, we are at the auction floor, and we have no stock of our own to push: our only job is to buy well for you.
- Based in Almería, 20 minutes from the CASI auction
- English-speaking contact available every working day
- Ortenovus S.L., a Spanish limited company, registered in Almería
Talk to us
WhatsApp is the fastest. Tell us what you buy today and where you are; we reply the same day.