New office location for Costa Group
Costa Group Holdings Pty Ltd is moving to a new office location in Melbourne. Effective 21 August 2023, Costa Group Holdings Pty Ltd and each of its Australian subsidiaries will change its registered address to: Level 5 / 818 Bourke Street Docklands, Victoria 3008 Locked Bag 38004 Docklands, Victoria 8012
Applications open for 2024 Costa Graduate Program
Costa’s 2024 Graduate Program is now open for applications. Our Graduate Program aims to train and develop growers of the future by providing an intensive hands-on and educational experience across a multitude of key departments within the Costa Group over a 12 or 18-month period. Rotations within and/or across different regions and business categories will […]
Growing opportunities at Costa Berries
Tammy Degroot has done pretty much every job at the 9 Mile Berry farm in Tasmania, putting her in prime position to take on the role of Blueberry Farm Manager. The first female to manage a farm within Costa’s Australian Berry Category, Tammy said she was excited about the opportunity. Tammy, who lives in Penguin […]
Leonard follows dream to build a school
Leaving your wife and five children to work in Australia is not easy, but for Leonard Ale it’s worth the sacrifice to help realise his dream. Leonard is one of the many thousands of people who come to work in Australia from the Pacific Islands, through the Federal Government’s Pacific Australia Labour Mobility program. He […]
Modern Slavery Statement 2022
Costa has published its third Modern Slavery Statement, covering the calendar year December 27, 2021 to January 1, 2023. The Statement, which has been lodged on the Modern Slavery Statement Register, outlines the ongoing actions we are taking to address and mitigate the risk of modern slavery within our operations and our supply chain, and […]
Growing careers at Costa Tomatoes
Three new apprentices have joined the Costa Tomato operations in Guyra. Neil Ashman, Andrew Pearson and Marty Ryan, who all come from the Guyra region, have started boilermaking apprenticeships, giving them a broad range of skills required in the maintenance of the glasshouse operation. “Costa is very proud to support Neil, Andrew and Marty in […]
African Blue broadens supply
Costa’s African Blue business has been operating in Morocco since 2007 and now has circa 465 hectares of farms coming from both own farms and third-party growers. In a strategic move to broaden African Blue’s market reach and extend seasonal supply of blueberries to its customer base, African Blue has licensed Costa varieties to growers […]
Sustainability Report 2022
Costa Group Holdings Limited, Australia’s leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, has released its 2022 Sustainability Report. Our Report provides key data on our actions across our 10 Sustainable Commercial Farming principles and includes metrics relating to water use and water efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption and production. For […]
Costa supports Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
Costa has teamed up with Coles for the third year in a row to support the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Foundation. To launch the program, Costa hosted Sunrise weather presenter Sam Mac, Coles Ambassador Courtney Roulston and Natasha Grogan from the Foundation at our Tomato glasshouses in Guyra on February 1. We also had a wonderful […]
Community grants on offer for Guyra and Armidale
Costa Tomato Exchange has initiated a Well Grown Community Grants Program to provide support for community organisations within the Guyra and Armidale regions. We are inviting not-for-profit community organisations, sporting associations and schools to register their interest for support through our 2023 Grants Program. Organisations seeking funding for 2023 will need to complete our Expression […]