Uncategorised – Delecta Fruit https://www.delecta.co.za fruit | marketing | export Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:35:20 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.delecta.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-delecta-favicon-32x32.png Uncategorised – Delecta Fruit https://www.delecta.co.za 32 32 Fresh Plaza: Warm reception for Zimbabwean blueberries in South Africa before global trade starts https://www.delecta.co.za/fresh-plaza-warm-reception-for-zimbabwean-blueberries-in-south-africa-before-global-trade-starts/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:14:10 +0000 https://www.delecta.co.za/?p=1967 “The Zimbabwean blueberry export season commenced in mid-April, with the first products being shipped to South Africa where blueberry prices remain favourable. “The market has to be good to make it worthwhile for Zimbabwean growers,” says Rossouw Lambrechts, blueberry account manager at Delecta Fruit, which begins its blueberry campaign (much like its stone fruit campaign) with Zimbabwean fruit.”

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]]> Fresh Plaza – “The soil of Zimbabwe seems to be magical for blueberries” https://www.delecta.co.za/fresh-plaza-the-soil-of-zimbabwe-seems-to-be-magical-for-blueberries/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:00:13 +0000 https://www.delecta.co.za/?p=1721 Delecta Fruit’s Zimbabwean blueberry season has been underway for three weeks: the first berries are of excellent quality and size, flown out from Harare to high-value markets like the Far and Middle East.

As volumes increase on the smaller size berries, programmes to the UK and EU will get underway.

“The past couple of days have been cooler in Zimbabwe, keeping growers on their toes. Last season some Zimbabwean blueberry growers lost up to 60% of their crop to frost, but several growers have invested in and installed frost fans which take a big load off their shoulders,” says Rossouw Lambrechts, blueberry account manager at Delecta Fruit.

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]]> Fresh Plaza – Slow shipping tempo delays South African pears for Europe & UK https://www.delecta.co.za/fresh-plaza-slow-shipping-tempo-delays-south-african-pears-for-europe-uk/ Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:00:06 +0000 https://www.delecta.co.za/?p=1716 “Early Bon Chretien, Delecta’s first pears of the season which are  eagerly awaited in Europe due to low pear stocks, should have landed today but due to the slow tempo of shipping, the pears will only land in two weeks,” says Awie de Jager, managing director of Delecta Fruit.

The pear harvest started three weeks ago with the South African pear crop forecast to be 8% higher this season, primarily due to a normal Forelle and Packham crop.

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