What kind of company is Zespri?
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What kind of company is Zespri?
Zespri International Limited is the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit, selling in over 50 countries.
What country is Zespri from?
New Zealand
Zespri is an international brand, selling kiwifruit in over 50 countries. While Zespri is based in New Zealand, we have licensed growers in Italy, France, Japan, South Korea and Australia to grow our exclusive varieties of kiwifruit with trials in place in several other countries.
How much is Zespri worth?
There were strong returns on both a per tray and per hectare basis: The average return for Zespri Green per tray increased to $7.51, with the average return per hectare reaching $76,722.
Is Zespri a NZ company?
With sales revenues of $3.1 billion, the Zespri™ Brand is recognised as the world leader in premium-quality kiwifruit. Based in New Zealand, we are 100 percent owned by current or past kiwifruit growers, and employ approximately 550 people globally.
Who is Zespri owned by?
Dave and Julie Smith’s home is on their orchard in Te Puke, where they grow Zespri Green and SunGold kiwifruit. Both Dave and Julie have been heavily involved with the kiwifruit industry for over 30 years. They are innovative growers and take a lot of care to get the balance of organic matter in the soils right.
Who are Zespri and what do they do?
Zespri is a thriving co-operative of growers in New Zealand who also work with growers in other parts of the world to fulfil our mission of providing fresh, full-flavoured, nutritious kiwifruit all year round.
Why is Zespri so successful?
Zespri has developed good quality demand through market development, brand and category growth – underpinned by high quality Green, the popularity of SunGold Kiwifruit, and strong sales and marketing.
Who founded Zespri?
In 1904, Isabel Fraser, headmistress of the Wanganui Girls’ College, brought kiwifruit seeds back to New Zealand from her sister’s mission station in China’s Yangtze Valley. These seeds made their way to horticulturist, Alexander Allison.
Is Zespri on the stock market?
Alternatively, Zespri shares can be purchased on the open market through the Unlisted Securities Exchange (USX) share trading platform, or with the registered USX broker directly.
How big is Zespri?
Zespri International Limited is the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit, selling kiwifruit into more than 59 countries and managing 30 percent of the global volume. In 2016/17 Zespri sold 137 million trays of premium-quality Zespri Kiwifruit.
Is kiwi fruit from NZ?
Despite the name, kiwifruit are not native to New Zealand. Seeds were brought to New Zealand in 1904 by Mary Isabel Fraser, the principal of Wanganui Girls’ College, who had been visiting mission schools in China.
Who is the CEO of Zespri?
Daniel Mathieson (Sep 2017–)Zespri International / CEO
Can I buy shares in Zespri?
There are two ways to buy or sell Zespri shares; On-Market and Off- Market.
Who owns Zespri NZ?
DAVE AND JULIE SMITH. Dave and Julie Smith’s home is on their orchard in Te Puke, where they grow Zespri Green and SunGold kiwifruit. Both Dave and Julie have been heavily involved with the kiwifruit industry for over 30 years.
Why does Zespri exist?
The producer generally gets the lowest share in the value chain so Zespri exists to ensure that growers capture a larger share of the value and the brand ensures that they receive a premium price in a commodity market.”
What do NZ call kiwis?
New Zealanders have been called ‘Kiwis’ since the nickname was bestowed by Australian soldiers in the First World War. Today a lot of dedicated people help to prevent kiwi from becoming extinct. There are five species of kiwi, all needing our help.
