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June 16, 2007

Inside the Nursery

It's been sometime since we last posted, so we thought we share with you some pictures from inside the DaddyBerry Strawberry Nursery. Will be posting more pictures soon, but here's a taste.View Pictures

April 27, 2007

DaddyBerry’s Reported Missing …

What’s the likelihood that a fresh batch of delicious strawberries from Portugal could make it to the UK without disappearing? Well we thought it would be no sweat -- given that people from all over the world, send valuable items via priority mail, DaddyBerry’s could make a quick trip. But it seems that’s not the case.

This is not the first time DaddyBerry’s have been reported missing; something tells us that it won’t be the last either.

The search continues … update to follow …

March 17, 2007

Meet Chief Daddy Berry & CEO

Post_daddy_3 Since we announced that DaddyBerry premium strawberries will be available across Europe, we’ve got some inquiry as to: who's really DaddyBerry? Well on the next few posts, will be introducing you to some of the individuals that make DaddyBerry unlike any other strawberry available.

Will be starting with the Chief Daddy & CEO, my father Armando Machado - who is credited for starting our tasty strawberry nursery.

(unfortunately my father’s English isn’t as good as his strawberries, so the questions where asked in Portuguese and translated in English)

(Me): How did it all begin?

(Chief Daddy): I’ve been an entrepreneur all of my life and always looking for a new adventure. My first business was a little supermarket in Toronto, Canada where I sold everything from fruits and vegetables to small treats. I learned a lot of about quality fruits, what customers wanted and how important fresh produces are for our health and of course for cooking. After my adventure with the supermarket, I came back to Portugal and started a little café in a city called Olhao here in Algarve. That business turned out to be very interesting but at the end day I realized a café is no place for my family to work – full of smoke and tempting pastries.

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February 14, 2007

daddyberry strawberries whip across europe

Daddyberry_pr_1We just sent our first Press Release for the launch of DaddyBerry strawberries. We're quite excited to share our story with supermarkets and new distribution partners across Europe.

 

 

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January 03, 2007

yummy strawberry season

Daddyberry_strawberries_1_1 We’re getting ready for another yummy strawberry season here at the DaddyBerry nursery.

Right now we've got the first set of DaddyBerry’s leaving the nursery, it’s a happy time for everyone, we get to see the fruit of our labor and our customers get to eat the strawberries they've been longing for. This is also an exciting year for us, as we're opening our doors to testing DaddyBerry's in markets across Europe . Customers who know our berries tell us its time to let the secret out...so here we come!

We have tons of work ahead of us and right now very little time for watching the uefa champions league games on the tele. 

December 10, 2006

A closer look into the DaddyBerry Nursery

It’s Sunday evening and I’m playing around with the setting of our blog and thought, I would experiment posting some pictures of DaddyBerry and give the world wide web a closer look into the Nursery.

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The big picture on the left - DaddyBerry Jrs, they still have a long way to go before graduating to a DaddyBerry, but they're on their way.

The pic on the top right -  the center of the flower (the bud) is what becomes a strawberrythat blossoms our delicious strawberries.

Pic on the bottom right -  strawberry plant taken a couple months ago and now waiting to grow flowers.

November 05, 2006

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testing the first post for berrytales an inside look into the daddyberry nursery.