Superfoods

Avocadoes drive Kakuzi’s Shs171M half-year profit despite slump in macadamia market

Kakuzi PLC has announced a Shs 171. 1 million half-year pretax profit on the back of a difficult trading period due to the prevailing Macadamia global glut. The firm, which recently adopted a new corporate brand identity, enjoyed a more than double profit lift against its avocado export business, which posted a Shs 654.8 million …

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Kakuzi banks on macadamia & blueberries as avocado business falters

By George Munene Kakuzi PLC has announced plans to diversify into the production of superfoods such as Macadamia and Blueberries as its avocado business falters. While it’s volume of Hass avocado sold decreased by 17.5%, its macadamia sales increased to 513 tons from 320 tons the previous year. The publicly-traded company plans on establishing an …

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