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Planting begins for new Joli™ apple commercial growing pilot
The first commercial planting of T&G Global’s newest global premium apple variety Joli™, began this week at one of T&G’s Hawke’s Bay orchards. T&G is the global exclusive license holder for growing, marketing and selling the new variety, branded as...
Jan Buter of T&G wins Hawke’s Bay Young Fruit Grower of the Year
Jan Buter, a Supply & Continuous Improvement Technician at T&G Global in Hastings won the title of Hawke's Bay Young Fruit Grower of the Year at the Awards gala dinner on Friday night. The Hawke's Bay Young Fruit Grower of the Year, which is run by the Hawke’s...
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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...
T&G singled out in sustainability report
T&G was singled out as a top performer in the newly released Colmar Brunton report Better Futures Report The report is an annual survey of attitudes towards sustainability and highlights the value New Zealanders place on their natural environment. In the report,...
Pioneer of pipfruit retires
T&G Global announces the retirement of Tony Fissette, the Managing Director of T&G Global's European unit, Enzafruit Continent. A pioneer of New Zealand pipfruit sales into Europe, Tony has worked passionately for T&G Global and New Zealand apple...
Global apple & pear breeding programme heats up
New, superior tasting apples and pears that can thrive in the planet’s increasingly warm climate will soon be available to fruit growers worldwide. T&G Global (formerly Turners & Growers) has joined Plant & Food Research, the Institute of Agriculture and...
T&G recognised as top employer
T&G’s Bruce Beaton, Kristen Nash and Maurice Windle were recognised with a "Highly Commended" at the Primary Industry Awards at NZ Parliament last night (November 27, 2018). Minister of Agriculture Damien O'Connor congratulated all the finalists and highlighted...
Swimmers go bananas thanks to T&G
A very large and lovely ‘bunch’ of bananas are heading to beaches around the country this summer thanks to one of New Zealand’s largest and oldest fresh produce companies. T&G Global is delighted to again be supporting the aptly named Banana Boat New Zealand Ocean...
T&G saddened by passing of former Board member
The Board and management of T&G Global are greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Sir John Anderson KBE, former Deputy Chair and Director of the T&G Global Board. The highly respected New Zealand business leader was first appointed as a Director of...
Young viticulturist takes out Young Hort title
Annabel Bulk from Felton Road Wines in Bannockburn, Central Otago has taken out the title of New Zealand’s Young Horticulturist of the Year 2018. She wins the grand final after months of competition where the best and brightest stars of the industry go head-to-head in...
Graduate programme acknowledged
T&G Global’s human resources team has scooped the 2018 New Zealand Association of Graduate Employers (NZAGE) 'Best Graduate Development Programme' award, edging out industry the Ministry of Primary Industries, Xero and Beca. Initiated just two years ago, the...
Nutritious Nadia Lim pie fills the spot
A truckload of orange kumara, 25 kilograms of swedes and onions, and a heap of carrots from T&G’s market floor were transformed into a nutritious and delicious pie, created by renowned New Zealand chef Nadia Lim, for Kiwi school kids today. A group of Kiwi Mums...
From a small SEED to big success
A programme helping Hawke’s Bay locals, many of them solo parents, back into work is being praised by government and by those who work for T&G. Minister Carmel Sepuloni (Minister of Social Development) visited workers who are part of the SEED programme this week....
There’s a new buzz on the vine – we’re saying goodbye to plastic tomato punnets
They are referred to as the ‘rock stars’ of New Zealand’s tomato industry for their “buzz pollination” (thousands of good-natured bumble bees pollinate every vine, the way nature intended), but now there’s a new buzz in the tomato world. Bee-pollinated tomato brand...
Budding young growers unearthed
New Zealand’s budding young gardeners and schools have been unearthed after some serious digging by a judging panel including acclaimed chef and restauranteur Al Brown and landscaper and TV personality Dan Mackay. T&G is proud to have supported the 2018 Young...
Envy™ inducing gift boxes for full moon celebrations
Envy™ is proving hot in balmy Hong Kong thanks to a new Mid-Autumn Festival promotion at 75 Park n Shop stores across the territory. It’s the first time Envy™ has been activated in Hong Kong stores and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. The...
T&G announces CFO change
T&G Global today announced it will farewell its chief financial officer, Wolfgang Loose and welcome a replacement over the coming weeks. Wolfgang Loose will leave the business mid-November after nearly two years in his role. He joined T&G from BayWa, a...
Envy shines at Elle Fashion Week
Envy™ has taken centre stage at Elle Fashion Week Fall/Winter in Bangkok for a second year in a row, refreshing fashionistas with delicious fresh apples and tasty apple pastry treats. Envy™, the official apple of Elle Fashion Week since 2017, was in the...
Australian strawberry update
T&G Global is aware of an issue with contamination of some strawberries coming from farms in Queensland. T&G doesn’t import strawberries from any of the affected farms into New Zealand or sell this fruit in Australia. T&G has full confidence in its...
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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...
Recall of Prima and Sweet Value brand imported yellow flesh peaches
Primor Produce Ltd (as the importer) and Turners and Growers Fresh Ltd (as the distributor) are recalling all Prima and Sweet Value brand imported yellow flesh peaches (green fruit sticker with PLU numbers 4044 and 4038) sold between 10 July and 25 August 2020 due to...
T&G reports its 2020 Interim Results
At a glance Revenue: $671.3 million, up from $560.8 million Operating profit: $19.5 million, up from $6.2 million Net profit before tax: $13.7 million, up from $3.0 million Net profit after tax: $9.5 million, up from $4.0 million Net assets: $479.8 million, up from...
New Zealand’s first food waste-to-bioenergy facility gets underway
New Zealand’s first large-scale food waste-to-bioenergy facility gets underway today at Reporoa, in the central North Island. Following the blessing of the land by Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa, construction will begin on the new anaerobic digestion facility which is owned...
Proud to partner with the New Zealand Food Network to help feed Kiwis in need
We’re delighted to announce that T&G Fresh is a foundation partner of the New Zealand Food Network (NZFN), a new Government-backed, not-for-profit organisation, providing much needed support to food hubs across New Zealand. Every day we see COVID-19 unfold and the...
T&G Global commercialises first climate-change resistant apple variety
The apple is the first to be launched from the Hot Climate Programme, a global pan-industry breeding programme, focused on the long-term sustainability of apple production in a changing climate. Peter Landon-Lane, T&G Global’s Director Innovation and Technical,...
Kiwi ingenuity pays off on Kerikeri mandarin orchards
Around 20 hectares of T&G Global’s mandarin orchards in Northland have transformed to a later season variety over the past two years through clever grafting and a dose of kiwi ingenuity.The team, who collected the graft wood from mature trees in 2018 and 2019,...
Mourning former T&G Chair, Tony Gibbs
T&G Global is saddened by the death of former Chairman and long-standing Director, Tony Gibbs, who has passed away following a period of ill health. Tony led T&G Global for 16 years from 1995 until 2011. Throughout his tenure, T&G grew from a domestic...
T&G Fresh signs exclusive deal for tastier strawberries
T&G Fresh is partnering with one of the world’s leading strawberry breeding companies to provide New Zealanders with bigger, tastier, year-round strawberries. In an exclusive deal, T&G Fresh will test, grow and market unique strawberry varieties from...
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...