Zespri: Green, SunGold and RubyRed kiwifruit
Zespri is a New Zealand kiwifruit marketer selling Green, SunGold and RubyRed kiwifruit worldwide. Fruit sales revenue NZD 5.9 billion in 2025/26.
Zespri is a New Zealand company that markets kiwifruit worldwide, including Zespri Green, SunGold and RubyRed, working with growers and post-harvest operators.
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Zespri is a New Zealand company, operating as Zespri Group Limited, that markets kiwifruit around the world. It works with growers and post-harvest operators and has shareholders who receive dividends. Zespri links variety development with supply coordination and international sales, and brings different types of kiwifruit together under one consumer brand, including Zespri Green, SunGold, RubyRed and organic ranges.
Growers produce the fruit in their own orchards, and post-harvest operators pack and cold-store it before Zespri coordinates shipping and sales in overseas markets. Newer varieties such as SunGold are planted under licence, so growers pay for the right to grow them and supply them through Zespri's programmes. For an orchard owner, this offers access to protected varieties and an international marketing channel; for retailers, a branded kiwifruit supply coordinated across many orchards and seasons.
Size of the business
Zespri's global fruit sales revenue was NZD 5.9 billion in 2025/26. Total operating revenue, which also includes licence revenue, was NZD 6.13 billion.
What does the company offer?
Zespri offers Zespri Green, SunGold and RubyRed kiwifruit, selected organic products, and kiwifruit supply and marketing programmes.
How should a buyer make contact?
Sales are organised by country and business unit, and the company website lists the local contacts for each market. A useful enquiry names the intended application, the volume involved and the required timing.
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