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Mildura Fruit Company (MFC) is one of Australia's leading citrus packers and exporters, marketing a full range of citrus fruits around the world. MFC sources quality citrus from approximately 130 citrus growers along the Murray & Darling Rivers in South Eastern Australia.
The great depth of MFC’s citrus supply ensures large volumes of quality citrus are sourced from an extensive harvest area. Our largest twenty suppliers deliver greater than 50% of our intake. MFC packs out of a single, very large packing-house, located in Mildura in North West Victoria and employs 40 permanent staff and 150 casual staff to meet seasonal and shift requirements. MFC is one of the world's most technologically advanced citrus packers, making extensive use of bar code scanning and computerised fruit sizing and sorting equipment.
In recent years, MFC has spent in excess of A$7 million on major plant upgrades and shed expansion, to cope with a steady growth in packing and marketing demand, which is forecast at 3.5 million carton output by 2008. MFC’s operation consists of 2 large capacity packing lines that enable the full range of citrus products to be sorted and packed with little interruption throughout the busy navel season. MFC is well supported by an established, worldwide customer base and in 2006 greater than 85% of MFC's carton production was shipped to overseas destinations. MFC also has significant market share in Australian wholesale markets and supermarkets. |