January 2021
South African producer, exporter and European Marketer, Halls, is primarily known for its specialisation in avocados. This group, however, extends other exotics product lines too. According to Arjan Verhagen from Halls’ Dutch marketing office, these are encountering a consistent and growing demand.
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September 2020
Halls got involved in providing comprehensive food parcels to people in dire need and the first delivery was made on 22 April. By 15 August 2 552 parcels had been delivered to 15 312 people in need, 643 310 meals provided and 64 tons of food delivered.
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August 2020
The Halls Limpopo Packhouse (HLP) attains a Platinum SIZA certificate in this year’s SIZA audit. The audit process started in April with a SIZA document audit, followed by a site inspection which took place in July.
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August 2020
Global avocado company Halls is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Armitage as the new Managing Director for South Africa. Roger joined the company as of the 01st of July 2020.
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August 2020
Halls is a substantial grower and exporter of avocados, litchis and pecan nuts in Mpumalanga. The newly appointed CEO of Halls, Tracey Davies, is responsible for the 128-year-old business, including over 6000 hectares of owned and leased agricultural land, with 1200 hectares of irrigated orchards under management.
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August 2020
Nelspruit– Maintaining the priority of serving its customers through its market expansion, will see Halls through these difficult times, says CEO Tracey Davies.
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August 2020
Nelspruit – Early and decisive action has mitigated the impact of the pandemic on the company’s operations, says CEO Tracey Davies.
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June 2020
As the government of South Africa is running a programme to reach out to communities and assist disadvantaged families with food parcels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Buscor Pty Ltd in collaboration with Halls, Spar, and The Lowvelder has also joined hands to give back to communities.
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May 2020
Employees from the Halls Fresh Produce group worldwide were invited to take part in setting up a fund to relieve the pressure on communities due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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May 2020
On Friday, SPAR donated maize meal to the value of R100 000 to the Covid Flight Food Distribution Initiative, organised by Halls, Buscor, SPAR, Covid Flight and Lowvelder.
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May 2020
Employees from the Halls Fresh Produce group worldwide were invited to take part in setting up a fund to relieve the pressure on communities due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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April 2020
Good Samaritans in the form of Covid Flight, Halls, Buscor, SPAR, and Lowvelder are keeping the fires burning during these difficult and trying times for hundreds of destitute families throughout the Lowveld.
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April 2020
130-year-old Lowveld company takes on one of the biggest challenges of its long history.
The Fresh Produce business within HL Hall & Sons – the 130-year-old Lowveld-founded company with interests in fresh produce, property development, pharmaceuticals, technology, data analytics and financial services – has been declared an essential service during the 21-day, COVID-19 lockdown.
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March 2020
As the South African avocado season is set to get underway, industry predictions are that the export volume will be at 18.5million 4kg cartons. This season’s fruit is expected to be smaller than usual and, in some areas, early season harvests are expected.
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February 2020
More and more companies consider sustainability as a fundamental part in a wide range of areas, including new-product development, reputation building, and overall corporate strategy but only around 30 percent of executives say their companies actively seek opportunities to invest in sustainability.
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January 2020
The Halls' commercial team is geographically located across the UK and the European continent, Africa and now China. This team has had many knowledgeable years in the avocado market.
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December 2019
On 10 June 2019 the first group-wide initiative launched for the Halls group. Lula Sandla, which means reaching out a hand or “open hands”, is an employee volunteerism programme, open to all employees and shareholders of the Halls group.
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November 2019
2018 was a challenging season for avocado growers and importers but according to Paul Devlin from Halls, it also played its part in setting up a very strong 2019 season.
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October 2019
The avocado harvest has come to an end at Hill Estate, currently the only commercial avocado producer in the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), with very strong demand for its late-season fruit. Hill Estate is a grower-partner of Halls which markets their avocados.
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August 2019
When Tracey Davies took over as CEO of South Africa-based avocado specialist Halls in May 2018, she could not have foreseen that her first few months at the helm of the company would be quite so turbulent. For much of the past decade, the 129-year-old firm has enjoyed explosive growth, significantly increasing its production capacity and expanding its operational footprint in Europe and beyond.
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