UK retailer licenses Vietnamese dragon fruit supplier

Bao Thanh Co. has become the first Vietnamese company authorized by British retailer Tesco to supply dragon fruit for its 2,000 supermarkets around the globe.

Bao Thanh’s Export Manager, William Ying, says Tesco licensed its Nature’s Choice label to his company after one year of applying Tesco’s growing and packing standards to Bao Thanh’s operations in Binh Thuan Province.

Ying said his firm would be able to supply the dragon fruit under its Ticay brand.

Bao Thanh, which holds GlobalGAP and other international certificates for dragon fruit production, was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City.

Minh Quang

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