Whakatu Cold Stores is one of New Zealand’s largest 3rd Party Logistics Cold Storage Operators, responsible for 11% of frozen food exports.

Service oriented

Whakatu Cold Stores business grew out of a need for storage and handling of frozen primary produce grown in the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand.

1,200,000 tones of meat, 180,000 tones of vegetables and berries are produced annually, majority of which is exported.

In the height of the season Whakatu Cold Stores pack 120 containers of frozen meat both cartonised and whole carcasses, peas, corn, tomatoes, berry pulp each week destined for overseas markets.

Some produce is retained for further processing into consumer ready products for export and local consumption.

Facilities include 4 locations, or warehouses further subdivided a maze of freezer rooms and environmental loading areas. Each room is the size of a conventional warehouse providing up to 50,000 tones of cold storage capacity.