Brief History
- The business was started by Edward Turner in 1897. Joined by 9 sons, the business later became E Turner & Sons Ltd.
- Amalgamated with grower cooperative in 1921 to form Turners & Growers Ltd.
- Turners Car Auctions Limited was separated from the Turners & Growers Group on 1st May 2002 and now reports as a separate public company.
- On 31st December 2002 the Group acquired 100% of ENZA Limited.
- The Group listed on the N.Z. Stock Exchange (NZX) on 29th September 2004
- Australia’s largest diversified produce exporter DELICA Limited was formed in March 2007 by a collaboration between Turners and Growers and the DELICA Group.
- Kerifresh Limited a large Mandarin, Lemon and Kiwifruit orchard and packhouse in Kerikeri was successfully acquired in March 2008
Head Office
Markets Complex, 2 Monahan Road, Mt. Wellington, Auckland
Phone (9) 573 8700, Fax (9) 573 8879
Principal Operating Subsidiaries
- Turners & Growers Fresh Ltd - Fruit & Produce & Flower Wholesalers, Auctioneers and Distributors, Importers, Exporters, Transport operators, Prepackers and Produce Container Hirers Major locations - 15 cities from Whangarei to Dunedin
- Status Produce Limited – Glasshouse Tomato production and other covered crops. Packhouse operators. Located South Auckland and Mangere
- Enza Limited – Worldwide Pipfruit exporters and coolstore operators. Located primarily in Hastings, Nelson and Dunedin
- Enza Foods New Zealand Limited – Fruit Juice Processors and food ingredient manufacturers. Plants located in Hastings and Nelson.
- Kerifresh Limited – Citrus and kiwifruit orchard with cool store and packhouse facilities. Located in Kerikeri.
Shareholding
There were 1,235 shareholders on the register 2 March 2009.
The Substantial Shareholders are:
- Guinness Peat Group plc 66.111M = 65.91%
- Pacific Fruit Group, Ecuador 12.024M shares = 11.99%
- Accident Compensation Corporation 5.476M shares = 5.46%
The total number of shares on issue as at 2 March 2009 is 100,300,181.
Directors
- Chairman (Independent) - A.I. (Tony) Gibbs
- Managing Director – J.M. Wesley
- Non-Executive - M.R. Dossor, R. Campbell, A.M. Eisen
- Executive - B.M. D'Ath
- Independent - M.G. Tregidga, C.J. (Tina) Symmans, C. Campbell
Auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers