Bostock New Zealand and Mr Apple have officially opened their new, 8600 m2 coolstore near Flaxmere, which has the capacity to store 30,000 bins.

Bostock New Zealand Owner, John Bostock says, “The apple industry is growing to meet international demand and every day we are working to ensure we have cutting edge technology to deliver premium apples to our customers.”

The new coolstore has a unique, advanced scanning system, which ensures each bin is identified and each apple can be traced back to the orchard where it was grown.

This is the first stage of a two-stage development, which will see another coolstore built with a further capacity to store another 13,000 bins.

Mr Apple CEO, Andrew Van Workum says, “Both companies, and the NZ industry in general, are establishing very strong sales and linkages into particularly the Asian market. It’s a market that has a very clear focus on fruit quality, the appearance and the eating experience of the apple and they are prepared to pay a good price for very good quality apples.“

Bostock says all apples grown in Hawke’s Bay and stored in the new coolstore are GM Free.