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Michael Franks

👤 Speaker
174 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

We are there or thereabouts in the lowest quarter of our costs.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

We've got excellent orchard performance, excellent offshore quality, that's how we should be measured as to how good is the fruit that we're giving the marketer in whatever markets we're operating, how good is the fruit quality that we're giving them to sell and get a premium for our fruit back to New Zealand.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

So we've got good demand for our service, we've got more growers coming every year, and our issue really is to maintain capacity.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

Well, that's the question.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

Seeker has, in its history, grown by acquisitions.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

We're nothing like the company we were 20 years ago.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

And I suspect in the next five to 10 years, we'll be much bigger and a much more diverse company than we are today.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

I am optimistic that we are the producer of the world's best kiwifruit, best quality kiwifruit.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

We've got a tremendous brand.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

We've got great fruit quality.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

And I believe that that puts us in a good stead for the future.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

Wonderful.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

Thanks very much for having me.

Shared Lunch
Seeka’s $440m high-tech harvest (Kiwifruit & more)

And I hope I've done a good job of helping our people and shareholders.

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