New Zealand's largest integrated apple exporter, selling to 60+ countries
Mr Apple operates a vertically integrated apple export business across orchards, packing, and logistics in Hawke's Bay. The tech stack—Linux, Azure, Kubernetes, .NET, SQL, Snowflake—reflects infrastructure built for supply-chain scale, while active hiring in ops and data roles signals pressure to automate seasonal-workforce management and optimize data pipelines, two pain points explicitly named in their roadmap.
Mr Apple is New Zealand's largest fully integrated apple exporter, handling production through shipping across orchards, packing facilities, and logistics. The company reaches customers in over 60 countries. With 501–1,000 employees based in Whakatu, Hawke's Bay, operations are structured around the production cycle: seasonal workforce scaling, compliance requirements, and high-volume peak-season throughput. Current hiring focuses on ops, data, and manufacturing roles, with an emphasis on infrastructure automation and process efficiency gains.
Linux, Azure, Kubernetes, .NET, Angular, SQL, Docker, Snowflake, AWS, GCP, Python, Business Central. Primary infrastructure runs on Linux and Azure with Kubernetes orchestration; analytics and data platforms use Snowflake and SQL.
Over 60 countries. The company is New Zealand's largest fully integrated apple exporter, with global distribution from Hawke's Bay.
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