Visit to Comvita HQ in New Zealand

For the past two weeks a couple of us have been visiting New Zealand, and was a great opportunity to meet up with suppliers first hand.

Made a visit to the headquarters of Comvita at Paeangaroa, a little south of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. Was really good to chat with some people there, and get a glimpse of the actual processing of the manuka honey into jars (wasn't able to get too close as its all done in a proper hygienic environment).

Passed a some direct feedback from our customers with regard to the packaging of some products, mainly the round jars from the UMF20+ honey.

Was also interesting to have a look around their visitor centre, and see a few of the new products that we may be able to get here in the UK in future.

It all confirmed our reasons for stocking the Comvita manuka honey. They are focussed on being a quality health products company, with the emphasis on quality of product, rather than being a honey company trying to find ways to sell more honey.