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T&G’s apple growth strategy is driving higher grower returns
T&G Global this week announced its grower returns for the 2024 apples season, delivering increased value to its network of Aotearoa New Zealand growers. Returns for its premium ENVY™ and JAZZ™ apple brands are the highest for a number of seasons, delivering over...
T&G Global awards $10,000 horticultural grant to innovative researcher
T&G Global is thrilled to share that the recipient of the 2024 Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant is Francis Ferrada-Hartley, a Master’s student at Massey University. This prestigious post-graduate grant, valued at $10,000, is designed to support the next...
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New Zealand’s fresh produce industry strengthened with acquisition
T&G Global has taken ownership of Freshmax New Zealand’s domestic fruit and vegetable business, in a move which will transform New Zealand’s fresh produce sector. The new combined business, T&G Fresh, now provides the backbone of New Zealand’s fresh fruit and...
T&G Global supports NZ small businesses with apple ship charter to Europe
T&G Global has chartered a ship to take about 31 million apples to Antwerp, as a way around potential container shortages and port closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Baltic Spring is currently (Tuesday and Wednesday) loading the last apples from Hawke’s...
‘Sweet as’ mandarin harvest underway
More than 12 million sweet tasting satsuma mandarins will soon be available across New Zealand, as the season gets underway in Northland. T&G, the largest citrus grower in New Zealand, is forecast to produce around 80,000 crates of satsuma mandarins from Northland...
Freshmax New Zealand – Update on Acquisition
Further to the announcement dated 2 April 2020, T&G Global advises that all conditions of the acquisition of the domestic business of Freshmax New Zealand have now been satisfied. The transaction is due to complete on 30 April 2020.
T&G Global welcomes approval to acquire Freshmax New Zealand’s domestic business
T&G Global welcomes the New Zealand Commerce Commission’s decision to approve its acquisition of the domestic division of Freshmax New Zealand. T&G Global CEO, Gareth Edgecombe, says the acquisition will bring together two of New Zealand’s leading fresh...
2020 apple harvest in full swing
New Zealand’s 2020 apple harvest is in full swing and T&G Global, one of New Zealand’s largest growers and exporters of apples, is in the midst of picking around 6.5 million cartons of crunchy, delicious apples. That’s enough apples to fill 80 Olympic sized...
T&G Global builds strong foundations for future growth
T&G Global Limited’s (T&G) results for the year to 31 December 2019 demonstrate progress on its three-year roadmap for growth, with improvements in its underlying business despite a difficult operating environment. Operating profit of $16.5 million, compared...
New partnerships bring bigger, tastier berries to market
Consumers across the world may soon be experiencing tastier, fuller-sized blueberries year-round, thanks to two new partnerships in blueberries that will bring premium quality berries with superior genetics, in secured volumes, to customers across the world. T&G...
T&G Global to acquire domestic fresh produce division of Freshmax NZ
T&G Global Limited (formerly Turners and Growers), one of the largest fresh produce companies in New Zealand, has entered into an agreement to acquire the domestic fresh produce division of Freshmax NZ, to boost its New Zealand business and benefit growers,...
T&G Global win at Australian Marketing Institute Awards
An innovative campaign for T&G Global’s Orchard Rd Fruit brand created by New Zealand independent advertising agency Lachlan McPherson & Friends with Seed Advertising has been named National Winner for Small Budget Marketing at the 2019 Australian Marketing...
T&G Wins Sustainability Award
T&G is thrilled to be the inaugural winners of the Sustainability award at Countdown’s annual Suppliers Awards. The company was praised for its commitment to sustainability, social, corporate and ethical responsibility along with health and safety. “Our...
Gisborne leads the way in Envy™ apple planting
T&G Global, one of New Zealand’s largest exporters of apples and one of the largest growers in the country, celebrates 10 years of the first planting of Envy™ apple trees in Gisborne today. Starting with just three Envy™ growers in 2009, there are...
T&G galvanises for bigger slice of grape market
T&G Global is making its move into the sizeable global grape category under its Orchard Rd brand, with the launch of the first grapes into South East Asia this month. The company will provide global customers with high quality, year-round premium grapes sourced...
Welcome to JAZZ Juniors
Say goodbye to slicing and dicing apples, we’ve introduced a new superhero of the school lunchbox, and it’s naturally small and mighty good! Grown in Nelson, Hawke’s Bay, and Otago, JAZZ™ Juniors is the latest genius to join the JAZZ™ apple...
Waste-to-Energy plant announced by Minister Shane Jones
The country’s first large-scale, waste-to-energy plant was announced by Minister Shane Jones at T&G’s covered crops facility at Reporoa today. The proposed purpose-built facility will take food waste from the region (and from T&G’s tomato vines), turn it into...
A heart-warming initiative tackling food waste has been launched.
Janene Draper, co-founder of grocery store Farro Fresh, and her sister Leysa Ross, have founded the Waste-Not kitchen, a charity that is re-purposing good surplus food to nourish women staying at Women’s Refuge safe houses in Auckland. Quality surplus meat at their...
T&G Global brings US grown blueberries to Vietnam for the first time.
The first pallet of Californian blueberries (192 trays), grown under T&G’s Orchard Rd brand, is on its way from LAX to Ho Chi Minh city this week. The company expects multiple pallets of Orchard Rd blueberries will be exported to Vietnam every week during the...
Jazz-ing up lunchboxes with JAZZ Snackers™
A fun-sized, sweet and tangy apple is set to take lunch boxes by storm when JAZZ™ Snackers is launched into the Asian market this season. JAZZ™ Snackers is the little sister of the premium, kiwi-bred variety JAZZ™, an award-winning apple from...
Marketer of the Year Award Finalist
T&G Global is delighted to be selected as one of five finalists in the PMA-Produce Plus Marketer of the Year Award 2019 (MOYA) for its work on the Orchard Rd. brand launch. The fresh fruit brand burst onto the Australian market a year ago with great...
NZ JAZZ apples off to Japan to JAZZ up Golden Week
Around 550 cartons of crisp JAZZ™ apples, fresh from the orchards of Hawkes Bay, are winging their way to Tokyo in Japan in time for the country’s biggest celebration – Golden Week, following this season’s New Zealand JAZZ™ harvest. The apples will be...
Spiced Apple & Dulce De Leche Bars
JAZZ-ify your Easter. Check out this delicious creation by Olivia Galletly of The Hungry Cook. Dulce de leche and spiced JAZZ™ apples are sandwiched between two layers of oat-y crumble biscuit. Happy Easter! Spiced Apple & Dulce De Leche Bars Olivia...
Powering up our home-grown heroes
Try 100 bananas, 80 oranges, 80 peaches, eight kilograms of grapes, 18 kilograms of JAZZ™ apples and 320 free range eggs – and that’s just one week! T&G Global, New Zealand’s largest grower, supplier and marketer of fresh produce has partnered with Vodafone...
World’s first commercial robotic apple harvest at T&G’s Hawkes Bay orchards
In a world-first, T&G Global is using a robotic harvester for a commercial apple harvest, reflecting the company’s commitment to innovation-led growth. It is the culmination of four years of working with US-based technology partner Abundant Robotics, which...
NZ apple season looking rosy
The New Zealand apple season is looking rosy as warm summer temperatures and cooler autumn evenings bring on a rich colour and full flavour to the new season fruit. Hundreds of orchard workers have descended on the orchards of Hawke’s Bay, Nelson and Otago to pick and...
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Full steam ahead for New Zealand Envy™ export programme
It’s full steam ahead for exports of T&G Global’s internationally popular, premium Envy™ apple this week, with five vessels carrying 28,000 cartons (518 tonnes) of Envy™ departing the Napier Port for China and South East Asian markets. T&G’s...
Australian consumers soon to enjoy big flavoursome blueberries
T&G Global is set to take a big bite out of the Australian blueberry market with the first commercial crop of new super-sized, superior tasting blueberries to be launched in retail stores this December. The global fresh produce company has secured 16 of the latest...
Mandarin season off to a sweet start
The largest citrus grower in New Zealand, T&G Fresh, is underway with harvesting the first of this season’s satsuma mandarins with great weather conditions bringing an earlier harvest than usual for the fruit. T&G Fresh began harvesting the fruit late last...
T&G blown away by productivity gains with new turbo charged leaf blower
A turbo charged leaf blower being trialled at T&G Global is paving the way for better quality apples and an increase in fruit being picked off the trees this season. T&G has partnered with Fruition Horticulture to trial a leaf blower machine which uses...
Building a skilled Hawke’s Bay workforce through virtual reality
T&G Global is harnessing virtual reality technology to recruit and train Hawke’s Bay locals in positions it’s struggling to fill, particularly forklift drivers. The company has partnered with the Whiti programme to deliver a Supply Chain Cadetship which offers job...
New season, new look for JAZZ™ apple
The first of T&G Global’s premium new season JAZZ™ apples are being shipped to global markets, as warm and sunny weather conditions bring a rich colour, full flavour and earlier harvest than usual for the ‘snack on the go’ fruit. Grown in the Hawke’s...
Picking platforms prove their worth in the race to get fruit off trees
T&G Global is pulling out all the stops to harvest apples this season, welcoming eight new state-of-the-art automated picking platforms as part of its commitment to provide a safe and productive workplace. With a seasonal labour shortage and a harvest that...
Feijoa season looking bright
The New Zealand feijoa season is looking bright as fine weather brings an earlier harvest than usual for the fruit, which are expected to hit supermarket shelves this week. T&G Fresh’s key supplier of feijoas, Kaiaponi Farms, is expecting another great season with...
T&G reports its 2020 Annual Results
At a glance Revenue: $1.4 billion, up from $1.2 billion Operating profit: $32.4 million, up from $16.5 million Net profit before tax: $22.0 million, up from $10.3 million Net profit after tax: $16.6 million, up from $6.6 million Net assets: $520 million, up from $474...
New NZ apple brand signals early start to season
T&G Global has launched a new early ripening apple brand which will be one of the first New Zealand apples of the 2021 season to arrive in key Asian markets. T&G Global’s Poppi™ apple is a sweet flavoured, medium sized apple with a rich red colour. With...
T&G announces new Chief Financial Officer
T&G Global announced today that Doug Bygrave will become Chief Financial Officer, effective 1 March 2021. Doug will succeed Bastian von Streit, who is returning home to Germany to take up the position of Chief Financial Officer Global Produce with BayWa AG....
Sell-out season puts Envy™ apples on track to be billion-dollar brand
T&G Global’s premium Envy™ apple brand has had a record season, selling its entire New Zealand crop well before the end of the year, as it moves quickly towards generating a billion dollars of sales revenue. In 2020, 1.9 million tray carton equivalents...
Red “Hot” apple continues to impress
The first apple to be commercially released from the Hot Climate Programme (which includes NZ based companies T&G Global and Plant & Food Research), is receiving rave reviews from growers in Italy, France and the UK, after a series of evaluations in 2020. A...
Giving everyone a Fairgrow: helping to get fresh fruit and veges to Kiwis in need
New Zealand’s leading fresh produce company, T&G Fresh, has today launched a new charity, Fairgrow, which will help get fresh fruit and vegetables to Kiwis in need. “COVID-19 has turned many people’s lives upside down and right now large numbers of Kiwis are...
T&G sale and leaseback of 484 Nayland Road, Nelson
T&G Global is selling and leasing back its 484 Nayland Road, Nelson site, in a move which will generate $50,514,000 to support its growth strategy. The 8.0382 hectare site is being sold to Property Income Fund Limited, a fund recently established by Willis Bond....
T&G supports moves to increase horticultural harvest
T&G Global is supportive of Government decisions that mean more high-value horticultural crops will be harvested this coming season. Craig Betty, Director Operations T&G Global, says allowing some highly skilled and experienced RSE workers into the country to...
T&G takes home Marketing Campaign of the Year at Asia Fruit awards
T&G Global’s creative marketing efforts in Asia, for its premium apple brands Envy™ and JAZZ™, have been recognised at the Asia Fruit Logistica 2020 Awards winning Marketing Campaign of the Year. Head of Global Marketing Rebecca Chapman virtually...
T&G Fresh announces independent board to lead fresh produce future
T&G Global announces a new Board of Directors structure for its New Zealand focused business - T&G Fresh, which was launched in May 2020, following the acquisition of the domestic division of Freshmax NZ by T&G Global. The Board includes T&G Global...