Fresh eggs from Telde, Gran Canaria

Food-business registration number: 14.00616/GC

Food register, 1985.

The same one printed on the carton.

Printed on the carton.

A dozen brown eggs in their open carton, with the name Granja La Cuesta on the lid

We pack our eggs in our own centre in Telde, on the food-business register since 1985.

Granja La Cuesta in four figures

+40,000
eggs a day in 2025.
1,241,446 dozen in the year: the figure the Government of the Canary Islands validated for us.
2
farms in Telde: Valle de Casares and Llanos de Madrid.
20
people in the team.
1985
On 15 July, our packing centre at Llanos de Madrid enters the food-business register.
The sheds of Granja La Cuesta above Telde, with the yellow vans and the sea behind
  • our vans
  • Telde and the sea
  • solar panels
  • the sheds
The sheds of Granja La Cuesta above Telde, with the yellow vans and the sea behind
  • Telde and the sea
  • our vans

The same number that is printed on the carton.

The carton’s lid, with the band of green triangles and the printed line «Código de centro de embalaje: ES 14.00616/GC»
ES 14.00616/GC
On the carton
«Código de centro de embalaje: ES 14.00616/GC» (packing-centre code).
The centre
It is our packing centre at Llanos de Madrid, in Telde.
The register
It has been on the food-business register since 15 July 1985.
How to read the code

M and L. Packs of 6 and 10.

Four cartons: class M and class L, in packs of 6 and 10 eggs. Class M: 53 to 63 g. Class L: 63 to 73 g.

See the four cartons
Trays of brown eggs and yellow cartons moving along the grader in the packing centre

It weighs every egg and sends it to its class: M or L.

At Llanos de Madrid we grade and pack the eggs on a MOBA 2500 grader.

Class L

White carton of 10 class L eggs, with green triangles and the name La Cuesta

Class L · pack of 10

10 large eggs, 63 to 73 g each.

White carton of 6 class L eggs, with the legend «Marcado del huevo»

Class L · pack of 6

6 large eggs, 63 to 73 g each.

Class M

Yellow carton of 10 medium eggs, with the blue-striped oval and the name La Cuesta

Class M · pack of 10

10 medium eggs, 53 to 63 g each.

Yellow carton of 6 medium eggs, with «Huevos de Canarias»

Class M · pack of 6

6 medium eggs, 53 to 63 g each.

You will find them at SPAR Gran Canaria.

The shop sets the price.

See our eggs at SPAR

We bring them ourselves.

To hotels, restaurants, caterers and bakeries in the Canary Islands, in our yellow vans.

We deliver only in the Canary Islands.

For hotels, restaurants and shops

Request supply from Granja La Cuesta with four details: your request reaches us in writing.

The format you use and the days you take deliveries

Two farms. One packing centre.

Get to know the farms

Three places in Telde:

  • La Higuera CanariaThe office.
  • Llanos de MadridThe farm and the packing centre.
  • Valle de CasaresThe farm.
The farm’s white sheds with their blue trim and two silos, under the sky
Telde

Our story

We are a family business with more than 50 years behind us, in the municipality of Telde, Gran Canaria.

It was founded by Ramón Cruz Martín.

Read our story
  1. 1985Our packing centre enters the food-business register.
  2. 1995Since 17 July we have been a limited company: Granja La Cuesta S.L.
  3. 2011 – 2015The founder steps down as director and Eduardo Cruz González takes over; he runs the company today.
  4. 2022 – 2026We put solar panels on the roofs, and extend them on both farms.
  5. TodayTwo farms, one packing centre, 20 people and more than 40,000 eggs a day.
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Cover of the guide “Gallinaza fresca”

Based on an idea by Matías Cruz González, from our farm, WeSite has also published the guide “Gallinaza fresca: guía práctica para el campo” (a practical guide to fresh hen manure, in Spanish).

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