Costa Group

Australia’s leading grower, packer and marketer of premium-quality fresh fruit and veg, Costa Group supplies produce to major Australian supermarket chains, independent grocers and other food-industry stakeholders, also exporting to Asia, North America and Europe. To meet demand for fresh produce year-round, the company has forged strong relationships with several growers, who supplement and extend the offering from Costa’s own farms. Costa Farms and Logistics also operates wholesale markets for fresh produce and provides value-added supply-chain and logistics services. Currently, Costa Tomato Farm near Guyra, NSW, is expanding into a $67 million, 10-hectare nursery growing snacking and cocktail tomato varieties, expected to ramp up to full production by 2020. Simultaneously, Costa is expanding its regional packing facility to handle the extra volume. The company will participate in projects under Research Program 2 around cost-saving innovations in protected cropping environments, and in the creation of regional food precincts under Program 1.