The Raspberry Cart Company Limited

Several years ago when we were just starting out raspberry farming, we decided to sell punnets of raspberrys on the main road in Tapawera, for a little extra income.

Wilsons mother had an old cart which had been used to put milk bottles on the side of the road, for the raspberry pickers staying in the farm batches for the harvesting season. We decided to convert the cart into a mobile stall and we have used this to sell from since, and it is also where we got the name for our company.

Not long after we started selling our fresh berrys, we started getting feedback from our regular customers that the berrys were great but that some homemade jam would also be good. Kylie started making raspberry and boysenberry jam and it soon became very popular with the locals, so we decided to try selling it at a some other outlets in the Nelson area. This was also quite succesful and the business has grown from there.

Wilson & Kylie Matthewson

Apricot, Blackcurrant, Boysenberry,
Marmalade, Raspberry & Strawberry Jam

We now supply retailers throughout the South Island, with six varieties of jam ~ Apricot, Blackcurrant, Boysenberry, Marmalade, Raspberry & Strawberry Jam, in 2 sizes ~ 375g and 675g.

Our brand is "The Berry Cart". Our jam is still made the traditional way with just fruit and sugar, no preservatives, just like your grandmother used to make it.

Keep an eye out in your local supermarket for it and if you can't find, it ask customer services when they are getting it.

We hope you enjoy our products ~ please let us know what you think.

You can email both of us on wilsonm@silkweb.net.nz.

Family tradition spreads ~ Nelson Mail Feature

Wednesday, 08 August 2007

Selling home-style jam to supermarkets across the South Island is proving a fruitful business for a Tapawera family. Naomi Mitchell spoke to a couple whose love of berries has been in the family for generations.

Click here to see the full newspaper article