Tru-Cape expands app with Granny’s Bakery game.
For the largest exporter of South African apples and pears, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, innovation is never far from their minds. From a business perspective, the company, now in its 20th year, continues to retool and refine, making it leaner and
Ceres is the cherry on the top in terms of hectares planted.
The Western Cape town of Ceres has long been an apple and pear growing capital but, in the last decade, it has become the largest centre of cherry production with more than 274 hectares (ha) planted according to Hortgro’s 2020
Tru-Cape’s cycling champion brothers continue in the lead
We are thrilled to be able to share this back story about Tru-Cape’s champion cycling brothers, Hannes and Sakkie Hanekom, who are also top apple and pear growers in the Witzenberg Valley. Read the Tread Media article here.
Tru-Cape turns to top South African band for a new sound
Singer and songwriter Gideon Hanekom is better known by his stage name, Gian Groen. For the last decades he has had the scent of apples and pears in his consciousness living, as he does, on a fruit farm in Grabouw,
Apples and pears are top five fruits you should eat
Registered Dietician, Amy Gorin, M.S., writes on Food Network’s Healthy Eats that apples and pears are in the top five things we should eat. In her article, she quotes another Registered Dietician who says that apples are “The ultimate ‘fast food,’
Tru-Cape hosting apple and pear tastings at Evergreens
Evergreens, the fresh market, based in Pretoria and Kempton Park, was started in 1984 by the Pereira family as a Housewives Market in Springs. In October 1992, 20-years ago next month, Evergreens opened in Pretoria and their Kempton Park branch
Apple and Pear Elixirs from “The Garden Apothecary”
Did you know that the saying, An Apple a Day keeps The Doctor Away, is based on an old Welsh saying? According to a recent book, The Garden Apothecary by Christine Iverson, in the 19th Century people would say, “Eat
Apple and pear experts push health in new campaign.
South Africa’s largest exporter of South African apples and pears focuses on natural fruit as a substitute for artificial supplements in its campaign with Freshmark, the fresh fruit and vegetable procurement arm for the Shoprite/Checkers group. The campaign runs until
Tru-Cape and Food Lover’s contribute 710 126 meals
For the last five years, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing has partnered with Food Lover’s Market stores for Hunger Month, a campaign, held in May, to raise much needed funds for meals and awareness as part of World Hunger Month. “We are proud
Watch Two-a-Day being interviewed about feeding 1000 people
Watch Two-a-Day’s Carmenita Julies, a Social Worker and Raymond Kamineth, Two-a-Day’s Civil Technician, speak about their Mandela Day action to feed 1000 people. Click here to view the Plaas TV interview (in Afrikaans).
