The Summer Berry Company

Last week at Festival of Fresh, our CEO David answered to Fred Searle's questions. 🗯🗨 A conversation that tackled the challenges of berry production in the UK and TSBC's decision of implementing a green energy solution to produce British strawberries all year round, in a sustainable way.

Have you attended the event? 👀

🌼 Sustainability that drives innovation is the subject of the article by Fruit & Vine Magazine featuring The Summer Berry Company.

👨‍🌾 Our Head of Growing Micky Riggs talks about our year-round British strawberries production starting in 2024 🍂🍓

📖 To read here, on page 31:

https://www.fruitandvine.co.uk/read-online/

❄ After a cooler than usual past few weeks, our Commercial Director Jack Darnes predicts that the next few months will be ideal for strawberry consumption in the UK "The volume is still there on the plants, the plants look healthy, the quality is good" ☀🍓

Check the full story at Fresh Produce Journal https://www.fruitnet.com/fresh-produce-journal/cool-weather-creates-shortfall-in-uk-strawberry-supply/260904.article

Cool weather creates shortfall in UK strawberry supply Low temperatures at start of June lead to gaps on supermarket shelves, but growers expect volumes to match rising demand for Wimbledon fortnight

And thank you to our teams to make these achievements at International Taste Institute possible!

A West Sussex-based The Summer Berry Company has been recognised for its raspberry and strawberry varieties at the Superior Taste Award 🍓🍓🍓

https://www.fruitandvine.co.uk/the-summer-berry-company-celebrates-after-its-two-varieties-were-recognised-at-superior-taste-award/

International Taste Institute

A breeze entered our farms last Monday... It brought 11 & 12 years old pupils from Glenwood School in Emsworth.
They've spent time with our growers, visited our crops, tasted some lovely strawberries and learned a bit more about what it takes to be a berry farmer.
No matter how many events like this we organise, it is always as enriching as if it was the first time! Thank you to Bev and Sally, for bringing the children.

☄ It's tomorrow!

Our CEO talks about Sustainable Agriculture and Eco-friendly Production at Festival of Fresh 🍓

📍Evesham United Football Club, from 🕒 2h15 pm

Sustainability champions look to the future at Festival of Fresh Branston's group CEO, NFU's net zero lead, and the boss of a year-round British strawberry producer offer their insights in the afternoon Sustainability session

The first blueberries of the season... 🫐
✅Looking good ✅ crunchy ✅and tasting incredibly nice!
Drop us a message if you have already find them at your local retailer 🛒

📸 taken by our colleague Mariusz

🌷 We’re delighted to support Chichester Cathedral’s Festival of Flowers, taking place 5th – 8th June!🌷

From over 60 beautiful arrangements to the bustling Festival Market, there’s something for everyone! Book your tickets - we hope to see you there: www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/flowerfest

🙋‍♀️We are proud to sponsor the Festival of Fresh '24.

On the 13th of June, come and join us in celebrating the best of fresh produce in Britain. 🇬🇧

🗨 Meet our CEO, our Commercial Team and our Production Director at the event.

👉 Check the full agenda here, including a Q&A session about Sustainability with our CEO https://www.fruitnet.com/festivaloffresh/agenda

🌸 🌼🌷🌼🌹🏵 🌻💮🌸 🌼🌷🌼🌹🏵 🌻💮

We are happy to be sponsoring the Chichester Cathedral Festival of Flowers 2024!

If you are in town from the 5th to the 8th of June, we recommend a visit to see 60 floral arrangements, handcrafted by talented florists and flower enthusiasts.

▶ Tickets available here: https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/events/festival-flowers-2024

📸 taken on a sunny Saturday

The true meaning of abundance 🍓
A low angle shot of our glasshouse in Chichester 📷

Not one but two 🦌🦌
We sometimes think of them as special visitors, but in fact our farms are their habitat 🏡 and what a privilege it is to see them every once in a while.

📸 taken by our talented colleague Agnieszka 💫

Our colleague Elena-Adelina Sorescu holding some of the first strawberries of the season is a sight to be seen! 🍓🍓🍓

🔽 Read the story here:

https://www.fruitnet.com/fresh-produce-journal/first-british-strawberries-of-the-season-hit-tesco-shelves/259868.article

First British strawberries of the season hit Tesco shelves New-season crop has been grown by Summer Berry Company and supplied by DPS

As we approach the peak of the season, we're looking to extend our team in Chichester, West Sussex 📍
👀 Check our website to see all seasonal and field roles available and apply using the forms at the end of each vacancy page.

💻📱 https://summerberry.co.uk/our-people/work-for-us/

The very first strawberries of the season are out!🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓
Have you tried them already?
Read the full story on The Independent online.

Sunshine helps grow first commercial batch of strawberries to go on sale Higher temperatures and sunshine last week helped to deliver more than 150 tonnes of fruit, approximately 375,000 boxes of berries.

If you are looking for a seasonal job opportunity at our farms in , check our recently opened vacancies:

📌Pump Truck Operator https://summerberry.co.uk/vacancies/pump-truck-operator/
📌Harvest Team Leader https://summerberry.co.uk/vacancies/harvest-team-leader/

Help us produce and deliver the most delicious berries 🍓🫐💪

Can you find a heart in this picture? 💖
If you can, rest assured that not all hearts of glass are fragile 💙😎
Our glasshouse protects our crops whilst providing them the right climate conditions to grow and produce delicious berries 🍓

Our Commercial Team is looking for 👀 a Demand Planning Manager to join their team based in Chichester. Apply here: https://summerberry.co.uk/vacancies/demand-planning-manager/

The Summer Berry Company has grown from decades of experience, innovation and a passion for growing exceptional berries for the best supermarkets in UK and Europe. Our farms in the UK and Portugal are great places to work and we need great people to work with us.

🌸 It's finally Spring and our farms are blooming! 🌻

Happy International Day of Forests 🌳🌾🌵🍀

Did you know? The United Nations celebrates this date since 2012 as a means of raising awareness to the importance of all types of forests around the world.

The most delicious strawberries... whatever the weather! ⛈

Our CEO is interviewed by Fred Searle to talk about how The Summer Berry Company combined superior fruit quality, energy efficiency and focus on the environment to be able to produce strawberries all year-round in the south of England.

The Summer Berry Company begins year-round British strawberry production Producer embarks on 12-month domestic supply thanks to a new energy solution to make glasshouse production more efficient and sustainable

Our colleague Emil is all smiles this week taking good care of our lovely strawberries 🍓
We're all very much proud to produce premium berries in an ethical and environmentally friendly way 💓

👉 The Summer Berry Company is a great place to work and we need great people to work with us!
👀 Check our open vacancies: https://summerberry.co.uk/our-people/work-for-us/permanent-jobs/
📩 Apply online

🌿Students of the Solent Academies Trust (Portsmouth) plant the 150 Norway spruces donated by The Summer Berry Company.

♥ Another important milestone in our ESG programme - to boost the biodiversity in our farms and sharing our knowledge and our resources with the local communities.

😴 In case you missed Eurofruit's interview with our Genetics Director Joe de Ruse, we have got that covered!

👇 Click in the link below and get to know in more detail our production of premium raspberry variety Amalia Rossa.

📖 https://www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/amalia-rossa-hits-the-right-note/258310.article

🌱 We are looking for an Irrigation Manager to join our team!

The Summer Berry Company is a great place to work and we look for great people to work with us 💪

Check the requirements and the benefits offer and apply now 📩

🌱 Our Genetics Director, Joe de Ruse explains why British, Irish and European retailers have a high demand for Amalia Rossa raspberries.

✍ It is important to remind that TSBC has the exclusive right to market Amalia Rossa grown in Portugal within the UK and Republic of Ireland. TSBC will also establish a minimum of 75% of Amalia Rossa new planting area in Portugal and may sub-licence production with third-party producers within the country.

📃 https://www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/amalia-rossa-hits-the-right-note/258310.article

Amalia Rossa hits the right note Joe de Ruse, genetics director of The Summer Berry Company, tells Fruitnet why new raspberry variety is proving a hit with European retailers

Whilst our ESG team is working on our 2023 Sustainability report, we wonder if you have checked our previous reports from years 2021 and 2022.

The publishing of our first sustainability report was such an important achievement for us as an organisation and ever since then we are more and more committed to provide accurate information in a responsible and meaningful way to all our stakeholders.

Our Sustainability reports are available on our website:
SR2021:https://summerberry.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2021-TSBC-Sustainability-Report.pdf
SR2022:https://summerberry.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TSBC-2022-Sustainability-Report.pdf

Let us know your thoughts in the comments. 🌸🌱

🍓The Summer Berry Company has grown from decades of experience, innovation and a passion for growing exceptional berries! Our farms in the UK and Portugal are great places to work and we need great people to work with us!

🙋‍♀️Would you like to embrace a new challenge as Irrigation Assistant Manager in the berry industry? Check all the requirements of the role and apply online:

https://summerberry.co.uk/vacancies/assistant-irrigation-manager/