Fruitful jobs has launched its new website, the site has been overhauled to include specific sections on areas such as SAWS and a more detailed employer section and jobs board.
Tabletops - which have picking costs 30 to 40 per cent lower than for bed-grown strawberry crops - are helping to reduce the adverse impact of a severe labour shortage.
A report compiled for the British government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has further illustrated the crucial role of seasonal migrant workers and the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Scheme (SAWS) to the horticulture sector.
Pioneering packaging
Thursday 25th November saw the exciting launch in all 270 ASDA stores of an original new concept in cherry packaging. Brand new to the soft fruit industry, the 250g vertical for...
Fruitful Ltd blossoms
Fruitful Ltd was founded as a seasonal labour, we-based introductory agency by AMS in 2001 and has since introduced workers to all employers from all areas of the land-based i...
Transport Co. hauls itself into 2005
KJZ Logistics was renamed Fresh Logistics in October 2004 as part of a strategy to update its image and form a closer link with Well-Pict European’s increasing tr...
Organising your life on the move
“Your phone doesn`t just handle calls; it can also help you organise your life. You can use its calendar functions or task management and retrieve or listen to your e...
Developing trust
The WellPict trust is now fully up and running in South Africa. The trust represents about 70% of the country`s strawberry production and membership of raspberry and cherry growers i...
Exotic’s display at PMA
What does a natural harbour and mating place for Orcas (Killer whales), large schools of tuna fish, sardines, anchovies, home to some of the loudest sea lions in the world and...
A woman’s touch
Small in stature, big of heart – this is probably the best description of Tess Gebers. Well Pict European South Africa is proud to have her flying our colours in the Eastern Cape Prov...
Branded berries
Well-Pict European has been quietly nurturing the integrity of its supply base over the past few years. The main impetus has focused on being able to serve the UK marketplace, current...
Earliest ever crop
The Well-Pict European farm in Portugal has started picking earlier than ever before this season; the first harvest of festival was on the 29th November, almost a month earlier tha...
Grower recuitment drive a success
Well-Pict European (WPE) and its customers would like to thank all those growers that responded to its grower recruitment campaign over 2003 and 2004. WPE has been r...
Breaking new ground in SA
Well-Pict European SA had its EurepGAP audit at the beginning of July and are pleased to announce that they are the only farm and packhouse growing strawberries in South Afr...
Strawberry and Cream Sampling at ASDA House
In celebration of the start of Wimbledon, AMS was asked to join an event to promote british strawberries and cream at ASDA house in Leeds. New AMS employee...
WP European Sales
Well-Pict European is soft fruits category manager for Budgens. Account manager Andy Izzard says that strawberries and raspberries dominate the business and continue to show sales g...
KJZ: Flexibility keeps them ahead
Since its conception in 1999 KJZ has seen an unprecedented growth rate, none more so that in 2004 with the company’s turnover increasing by 25% year to date. Co foun...
Spanish review
Strawberries
The 2004 strawberry season has been quite different to previous seasons. There were more varieties on offer than the usual quota of camarosa and it was a learning curve f...
Full of G.A.S
We have no sleepless nights through worry about whether the produce we grow are safe to eat. For every grower in our supply base there are now many documents to record and prove that we...
WET from strength to strength
Since its inception in August 2003, Wellpict-European Tunnels (WET) has been growing from strength to strength. "We have experienced an overwhelmingly successful 2003/04...
Well Pict welcomes J Scott & Co to the fold
Well-Pict UK Ltd are delighted to announce a new supply association with J Scott & Co from Yalding in Kent for the forthcoming season.
The Scott family ha...
Working together to develop the South African berry business
After some harsh lessons in both people and production Well-Pict European is starting to make some real headway into creating a South Afri...
Mastered in four years
We arrived in South Africa four years ago full of preconceptions and enthusiasm about creating a strawberry business to feed the increasing demand for supply in our European bu...
Value Added Efficiency in LA
At the start of January Duncan Mills, operations manager for Well-Pict European took up an offer from Thierry Delapre and Sinera Chau Pech to visit AMS exotics in Califor...
Tunnel Rental: All your questions answered.
Benefits to you:
Financial - Instead of a big capital outlay at the befinning of the season, this option will offset the cost through regular monthly paym...
Moving on up and moving on out.
Well-Pict European Ltd & AMS Ltd Head Offices/Accounts have moved to a purpose built office premises in Barnstaple, North Devon. Formerly the offices were located at t...
Hillers Engineering release new "high" bed former and poly layer
AH Hiller & Son have been producing top fruit and soft fruit for the last 92 years. To date they have approximately 200 acres of mainl...
Beware of variety misinformation
I have to confess to feeling rather guilty as I look at the current state of marketing companies and their bull variety claims as I believe that I was maybe the first...