Tru-Cape cherries now available in stores.
For a short summer season cherries, the most festive of fruits, is available from Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest marketer of South African apples and pears. Currently in selected stores, these ruby-coloured gems add a punch of tartly sweet flavour to
Tru-Cape MD featured in TV insert
Tru-Cape's managing director, Roelf Pienaar has been featured on the Kyknet broadcast programme, GrootOntbyt. Please click here to view the four-minute YouTube clip of him speaking in Afrikaans.
Tru-Cape grower recognised among the the young and innovative.
And the good news just keeps on coming! Tru-Cape grower Andre Cloete is among the recent winners recognised for their forward thinking and innovative approach to apple and pear growing. Read all about his win here.
New study suggests a solution to the headache of over ripening fruit.
Although studies in the 1980’s showed that Salicylic Acid, a cousin to the active ingredient in the Asprin we all know, prevented the production of Ethylene, the ripening hormone gas released by fruit and vegetables, a new study by Curtin
New app improves business automation and reduces costs.
In the fresh produce marketing business, claims made by customers who say that product received is below specification erodes the value that gets paid back to the grower. For Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, a wholly grower-owned business and the largest marketer of
Tru-Cape featured in the Media
What a pleasure to open the September issue of PlaasToe! Magazine and see the wonderful six-page feature on our apple and pear growing region of Elgin/Grabouw and our shareholder packhouse, Two-a-Day.
Results from the Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge 2016
Click on these links to download the results from the Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge. The 21km and 10km results are listed separately. Tru-Cape 7 Packhouse Challenge 27Augustus2016 10km _ Results Tru-Cape 7 Packhouse Challenge 27Augustus2016 21.1km _ Results
Integrated Pest Management among the keys to reducing the use of pesticides
When German consumer pressure groups first lobbied supermarkets at the turn of the 21 century to reduce the use of chemicals used in managing the pests in the crops they sold, that pressure distilled all the way to the apple
Packhouse run for the whole family
Saturday, August 27 is the Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge at Grabouw Country Club and a day out for the whole family. Thanks to The Helderberg Gazette for featuring us. The seventh Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge trail run is on Saturday, August 27, 2016 and
Listen to a RSG radio interview with MD
Listen to an Afrikaans-language interview on Radio Sonder Grense with Tru-Cape managing director Roelf Pienaar, broadcast on Monday, August 1, 2016. He covers the business model, opportunities in Africa and elsewhere and threats to the industry.
