Friet van Beus is a family business from Zeewolde, in the heart of the Flevoland polder. We grow our own potatoes and cut fresh chips from them for chip shops, fry houses, wholesalers and food trucks. So behind every bag of chips there is no factory, but a farming family that knows which field the potato grew in and how it was handled. On this page you can read who we are, how it all came about and how we work.
Friet van Beus is a product of the van Beusichem family, based at Duikerweg 10 in Zeewolde, close to Almere and Harderwijk. It is a true family business in which everyone has their own role. Leo, the father, is responsible for chip processing and growing. Jolanda, the mother, keeps the accounts. Thijs is the point of contact for everything to do with chips, and Joost takes care of crop protection and growing.
Having the children work with us is not something we take for granted. The third generation is ready to carry the farm forward and expand it further. For you as a business owner, that mainly means short lines of contact. You do not call a department, but someone who is out in the fields or at the cutting machine. And you work with a family that is building for the long term and takes the potato as seriously as you take your business.
Since 1994 we have been growing sugar beet, onions, winter wheat and, above all, potatoes on our farm in Zeewolde. Rotating crops like this is part of good arable farming: a steady crop rotation keeps the soil healthy and limits disease in potato growing. Even so, the potato has always been the crop closest to our hearts.
In 2016 the idea arose to do more with our Agria and Frieslander potatoes. The starting signal came from close by. A snack bar in the area was tired of peeling and cutting potatoes itself every time. Why not do that ourselves, right where the potatoes come from?
We bought a scraping and cutting machine, and Friet van Beus was born. After that first snack bar, many hospitality businesses in the area followed. What started as a solution for one business grew into a regular supplier of fresh chips for business owners across the central Netherlands.
We only process potatoes from our own crop. From September to July that is the Agria, a yellow-fleshed variety known as a good chipping potato. Only in August, the transition season, do we use the Frieslander. Because we do not buy in batches from other growers, there is hardly any difference in quality throughout the year.
The chip line runs on Tuesday and Friday mornings. The potatoes are scraped and cut into chips, without additives and without pre-frying, and then vacuum packed per 10 kg. Our regular drivers then take the chips to our customers. So there are no middlemen between the field and your kitchen.
As well as fresh chips we also supply whole potatoes: washed or scraped. The Agria chipping potatoes are gently washed and sorted on the farm every week, which means they keep for a long time. Whole potatoes can be delivered nationwide. For businesses that want to cut their own chips, this is a way to save costs. Read more about peeled potatoes for catering.
We are also glad to think along with you in the kitchen. Which oil or frying fat suits fresh chips, how do you set up your routine, and what do you need to change when you switch from frozen to fresh chips? Our advice on frying chips is aimed at getting the chips out of the fryer just right, even when it is busy.
Friet van Beus works exclusively for business customers, and above all for large-volume users. We supply chip shops, fry houses and snack bars that fry plenty of chips every week, wholesalers who pass our potatoes and chips on to their own customers, and food trucks and events. Restaurants fry our chips too. Private individuals can collect by appointment if needed.
Many business owners in the central Netherlands use our potatoes. What they have in common is that they want to know where their product comes from and that they are looking for chips that come out of the fryer the same way every week. Our regular drivers deliver fresh chips across the central Netherlands, and whole potatoes can be delivered nationwide.
Selling chips also means selling a story. That is why you are very welcome to come and see our farm in Zeewolde. You will see the fields, the potatoes and the cutting machine, and you will meet the family that makes your chips. Many questions about varieties, seasons and frying can be answered in a few minutes on the spot.
Please arrange a time in advance, so that one of us has time for you. Call or message Thijs on +31 6 23972300 or Joost on +31 6 23055742, or send an enquiry straight away. We will then discuss together what your business needs.
Leo is the father of the family and is responsible for chip processing and growing.
Jolanda is the mother of the family and keeps the accounts.
Thijs is one of the sons and your point of contact for everything to do with chips, available on +31 6 23972300, also by message.
Joost is one of the sons and takes care of crop protection and growing, available on +31 6 23055742, also by message.
On Instagram you can follow us in the fields, at harvest time, at the cutting machine and, of course, with the fresh chips themselves.
"Waanzinnig goede frieten en zeer aangenaam samenwerken. Dikke aanrader!!"
"Top frieten!!! Topmensen !!! Onze klanten zijn razend enthousiast en vinden het superlekker! Een dikke aanrader."
"Fijn bedrijf om mee samen te werken! Denken mee om een zo’n goed en lekker mogelijk frietje te krijgen. Je kan altijd bij ze terecht om eventuele te korten op te halen😅"
"De lekkerste friet begint bij de beste basis! Je proeft de liefde voor het maken van de perfecte pieper. Altijd goede service. Op naar nog vele jaren piepers met liefde!"
"Leuk en intresant om te zien ,het proces van een frietje 👋Thijs is zeer gastvrij en neemt je op reis in de aardappelwereld 👍"
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The questions business owners ask us most about our chips, the potatoes and delivery.
Our farm is at Duikerweg 10, 3897 LM Zeewolde, in Flevoland. That is close to Almere and Harderwijk, right in the middle of the area we deliver to.
We have grown potatoes since 1994. We have made fresh chips since 2016, when a local snack bar was tired of peeling and cutting and we bought a scraping and cutting machine.
We supply business customers, such as chip shops, fry houses, wholesalers and food trucks. Private individuals can collect by appointment if needed.
Yes, we would love that. Arrange a time in advance with Thijs or Joost and we will show you around and answer your questions.
Call or message Thijs on +31 6 23972300 or Joost on +31 6 23055742, or send an enquiry straight away. We are happy to think along with you.
Make a request Call Thijs: +31 6 23972300