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Ceres Fruit Processors is a world class fruit processing plant in the Western Cape. Ceres Fruit Processors is an anchor supplier of high quality fruit concentrate and purees for the South African and export markets.

DSA is a trading company based in France focussing on importing fresh produce to supply the French trade. DSA started by importing South African produce into France but has since expanded to also source from other countries.

TopFruit has been introducing new fruit varieties into Southern Africa from breeders all over the world since 1983. Our focus is to discover and unlock the potential of these varieties for Southern African producers. This is achieved through variety development, a strong program of intellectual property management, brand development, and innovative marketing initiatives.

Rosenhof Nursery This well known nursery is a choice provider of high quality trees to the deciduous fruit industry.

Link operates as a fourth-party logistics (4PL) provider, delivering fully integrated supply chain solutions to its shareholders. With a strong focus on sea and air freight, inland transportation both locally and internationally, and streamlined customs and forwarding services, Link ensures seamless global connectivity with efficiency, reliability, and innovation.

Cape Fruit Coolers offers a pallet cooling service for the fruit exporters that make use of the Cape Town Harbour. CFC prides itself in perfect protocol handling coupled with personal service levels unheard of in this very important part of the cold chain.

Lumbri manufacture organic compost on a large scale with the aim to rehabilitate soils in the Ceres region where the natural balance has been largely disrupted over many years by the use of chemical fertilisers.

Crispy Group consists of farming operations that focus on the production of pome fruit, and cold storage facilities that provide medium- to long-term cold-storage services for fresh produce. The business was established in 2002 as an empowerment project in partnership with workers at Dutoit.

DLX is a transport and logistics company offering a cost effective service from the farm gate into the supermarket depot. This is done through a pool of rotating lugs and an in-house truck fleet.

Dutoit Europe is a professional service provider of fresh produce directly from the grower to customers throughout Europe. Based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, the business adds value in the supply chain to provide sustainable quality, produce and price solutions to the European customers.

The Fruit Route exports fruit from South Africa to the rest of the world mainly on a fixed price basis. The Fruit Route has established a reliable and effective link between quality producers and well positioned clients in foreign markets.

Ceres Koelkamers is a cold storage business specialising in world-class services and infrastructure for medium- to long-term cold storage of fruit and vegetables. The service also includes short-term pallet cooling for produce being exported.

Koukamma Fruit Packers is a world-class fruit packing and cold storage facility located near Joubertina, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape region adding value to the high-quality fruit produced in the fertile Langkloof Valley. This business was established in 2006 as an empowerment project in partnership with Misgund-Oos Kleinboere Trust.

UPOT specialises in supplying quality onion, potato and sweet potato seed and plant material too growers. This is done with recognised breeding programs, rigorous testing and commercial trails for continuous quality improvements.

Bokkenfontein is a joint venture with the Reynolds family who farms in the Northern part of the Koue Bokkeveld. The goal is to build this family farm into a jewel of the Koue Bokkeveld based on secure water resources, fertile soil and has an excellent climate for growing high quality fruit and vegetables.

Dutoit Houtnywerheid manufactures thanalith treated poles for netting and trailing systems in the fruit industry. Bulk bins and pallets are also produced.

Dutoit Services is a fresh produce depot facility in Johannesburg that provides value adding services for the producer to the market place. The business is mainly focused on direct and retail business aiming to deliver fast and flexible services at a competitive price. Good quality, on time delivery and volume growth are the value contributors from Dutoit Services for both the producer and customer.