Ceres Fruit Growers (CFG) is celebrating 100 years in business. The company, which owns 50% of Tru-Cape, handles about 135 000t a year of fresh apples and pears of shareholders and nonshareholders, representing roughly eight million packed cartons for the local and export markets.
Its products are marketed in about 105 countries, including some of the most important markets and supermarkets in the UK, Far East, Middle East, Asia, North America, Africa and the domestic markets.
Christo Janse van Rensburg, the human resources manager of CFG, ascribed the company's success over the past century to its excellent staff, loyal suppliers and clients, as well as “world-class” producers.
“Our producers are allowing us to be internationally competitive, thanks to the use of new cultivars, and innovative and adaptable farming practices,” he…