A large section of Royal FloraHolland's (RFH) multi-year plan is devoted to the Real Estate Master Plan. According to this plan, the auction will be renovating its real estate at the export locations in Aalsmeer, Naaldwijk and Rijnsburg as part of the organisation becoming more sustainable, building new facilities, organising itself more efficiently and renovating existing buildings. The costs will amount to EUR 470 million, making RFH's investment level over the next fifteen years significantly higher than in previous years. How will RFH finance the additional expenditure?
Royal FloraHolland has opened its wallet. From the beginning of 2025, it will be investing heavily or fifteen years in sustainability, tackling deferred maintenance, redesigning buildings for greater efficiency and realising a new build at Aalsmeer-Oost. RFH will also be building additional cold stores, so as to introduce order picking at all locations by the end of 2026. While mainly needed for order picking, the extra cold storage space could also prove convenient if growers were to keep more stock at the auction in the near future.
In determining the order of its investments in buildings and installations, RFH takes into account aspects such as lifespan, rapid return on investment, and immediate energy savings. The investments in sustainability, deferred maintenance and new builds will take place alongside regular investments. These include regular maintenance of buildings, technical installations and operating assets, such as cold stores, the replacement of the packaging cleaning facility in Aalsmeer, electric tractors, etc., as well as investments in IT and logistics resources.
