Find out how the quality Manbullo Farms mangoes that you buy from Coles are grown, picked by hand and delivered to your local Coles.
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I love delivering great mangoes for consumers. Coles and Manbulloo mangoes work on quality together, providing really healthy food that also tastes great. It makes me feel like I’m doing something worthwhile. My name’s Marie Piconi. I’m the owner of Manbulloo Farms and we grow mangoes.
I was a consultant in the horticultural industry for many years, and three mango plantations came up for sale here in Katherine in the Northern Territory, and I thought, gee, maybe we can buy these. My farms are located across Northern Australia. We start picking at the
End of September, and because we’ve got three different regions, we actually continue to pick until mid-March. It means the consumer can eat luscious, Manbulloo mangoes from Coles for five months of the year. Every single mango is picked by hand. They are carefully selected according to
Maturity to make sure that what we are picking will ripen and taste really great. My Italian grandmother used to do some traditional recipes, and one was a dessert called Zuppa Inglese. It’s a little bit like a trifle. The variation I’ve done is add mango into each layer on top of the
Sponge with that luscious mango. People rave about it. When people eat Manbulloo mangoes, I want it to be a great eating experience. They should end up with a big smile on their face. Manbulloo works really closely with Coles. It’s an absolute collaboration. Collectively,
We call ourselves Team Mango. Mangoes are a destination product. When consumers find a really good mango, they’ll keep going back to that same place. We believe we’ve got a lot of happy Coles customers out there because they keep coming back and buying more and more mangoes.