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Moraitis Group

Moraitis Group is the country’s leading hard produce, hydroponic tomato and banana supplier with growing, packing, transport, wholesaling, ripening and pre-packing operations in every market. Moraitis Group is a national company continuing to expand and improve to maintain the leading position as a fully integrated supplier of fresh fruits and vegetables in Australia. With a presence in every market, Moraitis Group is devoted to providing flawless 24/7 supply and service solutions to the retail supermarket chains and independent fruit markets all around Australia.

Visit www.moraitis.com.au for more information.

CHEP

CHEP issues, collects, conditions and reissues more than 300 million pallets and containers from a global network of service centers, helping manufacturers and growers transport their products to distributors and retailers. Combining superior technology, decades of experience and an unmatched asset base, CHEP handles pallet and container supply chain logistics for customers in the consumer goods, produce, meat, home improvement, beverage, raw materials, petro-chemical and automotive industries.

Visit www.chep.com for more information.

Woolworths Limited

Woolworths Limited is Australia’s No.1 retailer specialising in supermarkets, liquor, consumer electronics, apparel, general merchandise, petrol and more. They have more than 2,500 retail outlets located right across Australia. Fresh food is their core business and they have made it their mission to establish direct, long-term relationships with the best farmers and growers in Australia. Woolworths are committed to providing their customers with the best shopping experience possible.

Visit www.woolworths.com.au for more information.

Carter & Spencer Group

Carter & Spencer Group has grown to be one of Australia’s leading fresh produce marketing and logistics experts with more than eight operational sites across Australia, a major distribution partnership in New Zealand and off-shore trading offices in Thailand and China. Renowned for world-class highly perishable logistics, procurement and marketing services and operating under the guiding principles of strong ethics, innovation, competitive value propositions and personalised service, Carter & Spencer Group provide their clients with a leading edge in this dynamic industry.

Visit www.carter-spencer.com.au for more information.

Perfection Fresh Australia

Perfection Fresh Australia are a national wholesaler supplying supermarkets including Woolworths and Coles, independent retailers, fast food chains such as McDonald’s, and an expanding number of export markets. They specialise in research and development, food safety and quality assurance, packing and packaging, logistics, finance, administration, sales, export services, customer service and marketing – allowing them to manage every aspect of the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain, from the farm to your home.

Visit www.perfection.com.au for more information.

edp

From fruit and vegetables to seafood and salads, edp® is Australia’s leading supplier of automatic weighing and packing equipment for the fresh food industry. They supply machinery to pack produce into all kinds of bags, boxes, nets, punnets or trays – with a variety of closures and labelling to make your products really stand out in the marketplace. For almost 60 years edp® has had a proud reputation for quality, service and innovation in the design and manufacture of produce packaging and handling systems.

Visit www.edp.com.au for more information.

OneHarvest

For three generations, OneHarvest has been supplying Australian consumers with fresh, flavoursome fruit and vegetables from a range of sources across the country. Their business partners with more than 100 independent growers to supply its freshcut and wholesale operations in addition to operating their own production sites in key growing areas. They supply a range of fresh produce to supermarkets and green grocers around the country (and a few select customers overseas!) OneHarvest are passionate about changing the way Australians eat!

Visit www.oneharvest.com.au for more information.

Fresh Produce Group

Fresh Produce Group has quickly grown into one of Australia’s largest and most innovative fresh produce providers. Their complete offering includes growing, sourcing, importing, exporting, packaging, ripening and distributing to a world eager for quality produce delivered with a fresh attitude. With offices in Australia and Asia, over 100 employees, more than 40 produce varieties, and a network that spans from farms in California to restaurants in Sydney to supermarkets in Hong Kong, they are growing dynamic partnerships worldwide.

Visit www.freshproducegroup.com for more information.

Salad Fresh

Salad Fresh is the leading manufacturer of fresh-cuts produce in Australia, offering customers the convenience of pre-washed, cut and assembled salads and vegetable mixes – Ready to eat, or to use as base ingredients for a fresh meal. From its HACCP accredited and state of the art manufacturing facilities in Victoria, the company supplies its products to all Australian states and as far afield as Perth, Darwin, Tasmania and everywhere in between.

Visit www.saladfresh.com.au for more information.

MG Marketing - La Manna Group

Market Gardeners Limited, trading as MG Marketing (MG), is New Zealand’s largest wholesaler of fresh produce operating from 9 branch locations nationwide. As a co-operative (established in 1923), MG is owned by over 400 growers who are shareholders benefiting from the company’s commercial success. MG is a full service company marketing a full range of fruit, vegetables and flowers to all New Zealand’s top retail supermarket, food service and independent outlets. The LaManna Group of Companies continues to be MG’s vehicle for acquisitions and investments in the Australian horticulture industry.

Visit www.mgmarketing.co.nz for more information.

The LaManna Group is a national group of companies with vertical integration across Australia’s fresh produce industry. Spanning the supply chain from the farm to the retail outlet, the LaManna Group works with Australia’s leading fresh produce professionals to deliver the right produce, at the right time and at the right price to the end consumer. They work together with one common objective – to be the leading provider of supply chain solutions in the fresh produce industry. LaManna Group operates on four key values or principles, which underpin all the decisions they make, from recruitment and retention of staff, to managing grower and customer relationships, and product sourcing.

Visit www.lamanna.com.au for more information.

Lynch Group

With a history of over 90 years in the Australian market, Lynch Group are the dominant supplier of fresh cut flowers to the Australian wholesale market. As the only national floral and plant operation in Australia, and the largest bouquet house and plant operation in the southern hemisphere, Lynch Group predominantly supply the large supermarket chains in most states. With over 400 trained employees they are the recognised leader in reasearch and development, quality control, and post harvest techniques. They play a vital role in the industry, managing the supply chain and facilitating the exchange of information between many growers and retailers.

Brisbane Markets Limited

Brisbane Markets Limited are located at Rocklea, just 11 kilometres from Brisbane’s CBD, and incorporates the Brisbane Produce Market, Brisbane Flower Market, Brisbane Market Place retail markets precinct, Brisbane Markets South Gate industrial estate and the Brisbane Markets Commercial Centre. As Queensland’s only central fruit and vegetable market, the Brisbane Produce Market is the State’s most important centre for the marketing and distribution of fresh fruit and vegetables. It records annual trade in excess of 600,000 tonnes of produce valued at more than $1.011 billion.

Visit www.brisbanemarkets.com.au for more information.

IGA Fresh

IGA Fresh is the newest of four Business Pillars of Metcash Trading Limited Australasia (Metcash), a leading marketing and distribution company operating in the food and other fast moving consumer goods categories. IGA Fresh is dedicated to driving the buying, warehousing, logistics, promotions, and customer support in the fresh food areas of Meat, Deli, Bakery, Fish, Chicken and Fresh Produce in independent IGA stores.

Visit www.metcash.com for more information.

Turners & Growers Ltd.

Turners & Growers Ltd is New Zealand’s leading distributor and marketer of fresh produce. Over the last 100 years the company has transformed from a regional, largely independent market, into an international, integrated marketing company, which strives to meet the ever-changing expectations of suppliers, customers and consumers. They offer a comprehensive distribution network, delivering the freshest of produce to their customers from Whangarei to Dunedin.

Visit www.turnersandgrowers.com for more information.

CostaExchange

CostaExchange is one of Australia’s largest growers, packers and distributors of fresh fruit and vegetables. With locations around Australia and strong relationships at the supply and customer level, CostaExchange has a nationwide reputation for quality. They are passionate about attracting the best people within their organisation and throughout their supplier network – because it’s with the best people behind them that they continue to produce and distribute premium produce for end customers to enjoy.

Visit www.costaexchange.com.au for more information.

Gourmet Garden

Gourmet Garden Herbs and Spices has grown from a small, privately owned Australian company, to a now burgeoning global success story. They use a unique process to capture and store fresh chopped herbs and spices under refrigeration. Their herbs are Australian grown and packaged fresh, without cooking or drying procedures. The organic herbs and spices are simply washed, chopped, blended and packed into tubes to maintain all their fresh taste and nutrition. The company now exports to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, New Zealand and Asia with great success and further international markets are currently being planned.

Visit www.gourmetgarden.com for more information.

Mulgowie Farming Company

Mulgowie Farming Companyis Australia’s leading farming icon brand. They set the benchmark for best practice farming and the consistent supply of high quality fresh produce all year round. As an Australian owned and operated family company, they are proud of their reputation as “the sweet corn and fresh bean people of Australia.”
Their fresh produce is grown in clean green Australian fields and packed to natural perfection. It is available throughout Australia and globally via their network of long-established wholesale partners.

Visit www.mulgowie.com.au for more information.

Fresh Select (Aust) Pty Ltd

Fresh Select (Aust) Pty Ltd has its origins in two local businesses that have operated in Werribee for 25 years. They supply a wide range of vegetables to both local and overseas markets. Fresh Select build and maintain close and loyal relationships with growers, vendors, suppliers and customers throughout the supply chain to ensure exceptional distribution, year-round availability and consistent provision of a wide variety of first-rate quality, fresh produce to the wider community. "If it's Fresh, it must be Select".

Visit www.freshselect.com.au for more information.

Homestyle Salads

Homestyle Vegetable Processors, trading as Homestyle Salads and Homestyle Cucina, has built a very proud reputation and is the leading Western Australian supplier of freshly processed vegetables and salads, combined with a delicious range of heat and serve products. Their major customers include Coles, Subway, Red Rooster, Chicken Treat, IGA Supermarkets, Foodworks, Foodland, Chooks, Farmer Jacks and numerous other outlets. Homestyle is proudly Western Australian owned and operated and sources its raw materials from local growers and producers.

Visit www.homestyle.com.au for more information.

Cooltainer

Dedicated to extending the life of your perishables, Cooltainer is a niche transport company in the refrigerated transport sector We provide a total logistics solution from start to finish- with a comprehensive service for temperature sensitive cargo throughout the South Pacific region.

Visit www.cooltainers.com for more information.

National POS Systems

Established in 1980 (then known as T.E.C.), National POS Systems has progressed from the electronic cash register to integrated systems by adding value to leading worldwide POS manufacturers with the ‘local touch’. Local development includes hardware design and modifications, peripheral design and interfacing, in-house software development for back office stock management, accounting and data automation. Local & Wide Area Network implementation & a general IT partner to our clients.

Visit www.natpos.com.au for more information.

The Nielsen Company

Nielsen offers an integrated suite of market information gathered from a wide range of sources, advanced information management tools, sophisticated analytical systems and methodologies, and dedicated professional client service to help its clients find the best paths to growth. Clients work with Nielsen's services to measure their market performance, analyse market dynamics, diagnose and solve marketing and sales problems, and identify and capture growth opportunities. Nielsen's people work closely with clients to help them choose the right set of information and services and use it to make the best possible decisions.

Visit http://au.nielsen.com for more information.

NAB Agribusiness

Different industries have different needs, and NAB have developed just the right solutions to meet them.  The NAB Agribusiness team is a leader in the provision of agribusiness banking services to Australian rural businesses, agriculture, forestry and fishing industries. Servicing a range of customers, from small family farming enterprises to large multinational operations, the bank's 550 agribusiness banking specialists operate through more than 110 regional locations Australia wide.

Visit http://www.nab.com.au/agribusiness for more information.

PKF Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers

PKF offers a comprehensive suite of accounting and business advisory services for all business lifecycle phases and across industry sectors. We are one of the largest accounting associations in Australia and worldwide, and as such we have the technical capability and team resources to provide you with the services you need, when you need them.

Nurturing rising talent is an important part of our firm’s commitment to our people. In our pursuit of identifying the leaders of tomorrow, we are sponsoring the attendance of five students at the PMA Fresh Connections Conference & Trade Show. We recognise the significance of providing this support to our young agribusiness innovators, so as to encourage and fuel the future of the food and fibre industry.

Visit www.pkf.com.au for more information.

Fruitrecruit

Fruitrecruit is known for excellence in the headhunting and recruitment industry dedicated to perishable products. The company has been mapping people in perishables since 2007.
The company distinguishes itself by focusing on bringing the next generation of talented people into the industry, needed to face the increasing demands of a world with limited resources, food safety concerns, pressing sustainability issues, and a rapidly growing population.
Several of the most renowned food retail companies and their suppliers are using Fruitrecruit’s expertise to satisfy the increasing demand for experts in the perishable supply chain from production to retail.

Fruitrecruit’s activities are informed by the following 5 rules:
• Mission: breeding brighter futures in perishables
• Vision: grow sustainably, trade ethically, retail responsibly, feed the world affordably
• Objective: connecting the right people at the right time
• Strategy: serve the largest clients with the easiest to use solutions to access the highest quality candidate pool at the best price
• Promise: continue investing in the latest web-based technology making hiring talented people serious fun

Visit www.fruitrecruit.com for more information.