10/02/2026
One Brand, Two Hemispheres
Right now the cherry trees in Chile are in bloom. Our team is in the orchards, walking the blocks with our growers — and that’s where the winter cherry season actually begins.
Most retailers treat cherries as a six-week summer event. Fruit arrives, displays go up, shoppers buy heavily, then the category disappears until next year. A dual-hemisphere program changes that.
The supply window
Our Southern Hemisphere program runs October through March — roughly five months of continuous supply in the months when cherries would otherwise be off the shelf:
* October–November: premium Chilean fruit by air, ahead of the holiday season
* December–February: peak ocean shipments on a weekly schedule, through Lunar New Year
* February–March: late Chilean and Argentine fruit by air, closing the season
Add the Canadian crop in summer, and the category stays present for most of the year.
One standard, both origins
Extending a season only works if quality holds.
We maintain a dedicated team and office in Chile with direct grower access, daily field oversight and harvest supervision — not open-market buying. Our people are present at the packing facilities, making quality decisions in real time. We don’t outsource quality management.
So the discipline doesn’t change between hemispheres: the same sizing benchmarks, the same firmness and colour standards, the same arrival monitoring. Whether the box reads Product of Canada or Product of Chile, the I ❤️ Cherry label means the same thing — consistent eating quality, reliable sizing, strong shelf life, every shipment.
The bloom in Chile is where this season starts. If you’re planning your cherry category for the months ahead, we’d welcome the conversation.
Global Fruit — premium cherries, sourced across hemispheres.
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