Turners & Growers enters Chilean JV to grow grapes for first time

Turners & Growers enters Chilean JV to grow grapes for first time
By Suze Metherell Sept. 11 (BusinessDesk) - Turners & Growers, the fruit marketer majority owned by Germany's BayWa, has entered a joint venture with Unifrutti Chile to grow and export Peruvian grapes. The joint venture with Italian-owned, Chile-based Unifrutti builds on an existing export relationship with T&G, and is the Auckland-based company's first foray into grape growing. T&G didn't disclose any financial details surrounding the deal, saying it will begin planting in Peru later this year with first commercial volumes harvested in l...