EASTPACK WELCOMES NEW GROWERS

In 2012 EastPack were pleased to welcome 55 new grower KPIN's into the company.  When surveyed, these growers sited the following reasons as influential in their decision to join EastPack:

1. They liked the Grower owned structure, especially the packing rebate.
2. Family and friends speak highly about EastPack's service and expertise.
3. They were impressed with how modern and efficient the Packhouse appeared during a site visit.
4. They had compared packing charges with other packhouse companies and found EastPack to be the most competitive.
5. After reviewing alternatives, EastPack's OGR performance was superior to the other companies.

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EastPack Satara merger... all Go!!!

On Thursday March 14th 2013 the Satara Shareholder special interest group which did not achieve the 75% threshold on the 22nd of February, met again for a re-vote.  On this occasion 88.4% of this group voted in favour of the merger.  This means the merger is now supported by 97% of EastPack Shareholders and 86% of Satara Shareholders.

This is expected to deliver the following benefits to growers:

• Sustainably low post-harvest charges enabled by further operational efficiencies due to site rationalisation.
• Increased depth of technical on-orchard and post-harvest personnel.
• Maintained industry leading grower returns due to competitive post-harvest charges, increased post-harvest accuracy, and the ever popular packing rebate.