date:Oct 24, 2013
Simplot has been awarded a three-year contract worth A$16.5m by Australian retailer Woolworths to supply private label Select frozen vegetables.
The supermarket chain said that the deal will lead to production of an additional 5,100 tons of peas, onions, carrots, corn, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts Simplot's facility in Devonport with some volume moving to Simplot's Bathurst plant.
The project requires 650 additional hectares of vegetables to be planted, and it will b