Carter & Spencer is recognised throughout the Australian fresh produce industy and increasingly overseas as specialist providers of Third Party Logistics.

Carter & Spencer has developed a core competency spanning entire Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) suppy chains, servicing the needs of premium retail accounts in Australia and internationally. We're leading the way in fresh produce warehousing and distribution through our three purpose built facilities in Australasia.

With a new $35million Distribution Centre recently constructed in New Zealand in 2008, the group is continuing to seek opportunities to service retail and industry alike with world class product handling systems.

With trading expansions throughout Asia comes opportunities to operate facilities dedicated to the handling of highly perishable commodities and over the next 12 months the group will focus on identifying land and strategic alliances to develop a network of facilities in the Asia Pacific Region.

The Brisbane “fresh produce” distribution centre is fully a refrigerated centre with a specialist produce storage environment built under a 10,000 square metre distribution centre with 22 receiving and despatch docks.

Our temperature controlled environments range through 2, 8, 10 and 15 degrees with high humidity refrigeration ensuring optimal storage conditions for respiring produce.

These facilities are equipped to receive, pick and dispatch bulk palletised product, with pallet racking and access for pallet jacks and trucks throughout.  The facility is simple and efficient in its objective of a cross doc bulk consolidation and distribution facility.

The North Queensland “fresh produce” distribution centre, which opened in 1989, is a fully refrigerated facility with specialist produce storage environments built under 3,200 square metres, with five receiving and despatch docks.

Our temperature controlled environments range through 2, 8, 10 and 15 degrees with high humidity refrigeration ensuring optimal storage conditions for respiring produce. Banana conditioning facilities are also operated on-site, providing a tailored ripening process designed to meet our customer's specific requirements.

These facilities are equipped to receive, pick and dispatch bulk palletised product, with pallet racking and access for pallet jacks and trucks throughout.  The facility is simple and efficient in its objective of a cross doc  bulk consolidation and distribution facility.

The Curzon Street facility, located just outside the Brisbane Markets in Tennyson, is Carter & Spencer's 'Global Hub'. A 10 plus strong trading team engages daily in the sourcing of premium produce to supply our customers with the best quality fresh produce from around the world, supported by a  Production Floor of over 50 people working to stringent Quality Assured Standards.

With today’s requirement from the larger supermarket chains to be in plastic crates, our Curzon Street facility is ideally set up to re-pack and recondition any produce from any where. Our specialised machinery can re-pack fruit into Returnable Plastic Crates at a rate of up to 8 per minute depending on the produce. The entire facility is Temperature Controlled with 6 different Temperature Zones. This enables us to maximise the life of any produce that we handle. Our ability to respond quickly and efficient is second to none, and our well trained staff ensure the best quality is produced at all times.

An important step in the development of Carter & Spencer's strategic plan to vertically integrate the core business has been the development of a packing facility in Bundaberg.

Our Bundaberg packing facility focuses on quality fresh fruit and vegetables. Produce is sorted, graded, packed and often consigned for delivery on the same day. This timeframe in the supply chain ensures the freshest quality produce.

Our experienced staff liaise directly with growers and suppliers whose produce is packed through the Bundaberg facility. A quality assurance program is in operation, all stock received and dispatched achieves the standards set by the Group which ensures a quality product.

The new $30million purpose built “fresh produce” distribution centre in Auckland is a fully refrigerated environment with specialist produce storage environments.

These environments range from 2, 8, 10 and 15 degrees with modern refrigeration ensuring optimal storage conditions for respiring produce.

The Foodstuffs Fresh distribution centre is able to service up to 125 stores across the North Island of New Zealand. 

Carter & Spencer entered into an agreement with Foodstuffs in January 2004 to provide warehousing and transportation management services to their fresh produce supply chain.