History

 

1951
E. Özgorkey Group was found  in 1951. The group had operations in   machine – motor imports and sales & marketing, household & office furnitures production & sales.

In between 1968-1998 the Group carried out the production, sales & marketing and distribution of The Coca Cola Company products in the Agean and Mediterannean regions of Turkey as “Franchise Bottler”.
   
1998
Özgörkey Gıda was established in 1998 to produce frozen potato, fruit & vegetable products with Feast brand. The construction of the plant in Torbali Izmir was completed in 2000 and production started shortly afterwards. 
   
2002
Özgörkey Gıda Urunleri A.S. increased capacity of production lines and started construction of a new warehouse to carry out logistics operations.
   
2003
Öztar Tohumculuk was established in 2003 for agricultural research & development purposes. Öztar is located in Torbalı campus where a vast agricultural research land is available. The company operates under official permission of T.C. Ministry of Agriculture for agricultural research.
   
2004
Torbalı warehouses has started operation offering 20.000 tons of storage capacity at -25C.
   
2006
Özgörkey Gida Urunleri A.S. increased the production lines and started to produce pastry and coated products.

The computer controlled hi-tec raw material storage with the capacity of 30.000 tons was completed in 2006.
   
2007
Özgörkey Gida has expanded the storage capacity of 30.000 tons at - 25 °C and 0-4 °C in one location. And all storage conditions are also computerised.
   
2008
Today, the production capacity of Özgörkey Gida Urunleri A.S is 100,000 t/year for potato products, fruit & vegetables, coated and pastry products. Özgörkey Gida is the biggest frozen food producer in Turkey by capacity. The company has ISO 9001:2008, ISO 22000 and BRC certificates at the same time.

Özgörkey Gıda is the leading frozen food company in Turkey in export, private label and food service channels.

Özgörkey Gida Urunleri A.S.  has started retail operations in the first quarter of 2008.