FRUIT and vegetable distributor Total Produce has made further inroads into the Dutch market byacquiring a 50% stake in local company ASF Holland for an undisclosed sum.

Food group Total Produce has announced that revenue for 2007 increased year-on-year by €570m to €2.43bn.

Fruit and vegetable distributor Total Produce has announced its before-tax profits were up by 10.5% to €19.4m (from €17.6 last year) in an interim results statement today.

Total Produce, the company recently spun off from Fyffes, has bought UK fresh produce company Redbridge Holdings in a deal worth up to €23m.