Pitango best in business under $10m
Oct 2009
Pitango has won the Award for Best Business Operating Internationally under $10 million in the New Zealand International Business Awards 2009.
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Pitango quickly becoming
a must have in Australia!
Family Circle Australia, Jan 2009
Check It Out
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Pitango awarded a SIAL d'Or
Jul 2008
Pitango has been awarded a SIAL d'Or trophy for Pitango soups for 2008.
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Packs of Good Taste
Metro Magazine, May 2008
IT’S ALL GO at Pitango HQ, home of freshly made, ready-to-eat risottos, curries and soups. Crossing the car park, I’m almost swept away by a forklift shifting pallets of organic potatoes. Meanwhile, up in the boardroom, Yasmin and Ofer Shenhav, the company’s founders, are battling it out: there’s a critical decision to be made about risottos. Ofer dashes down a corridor, back to the phone. “It’s a bit crazy right now,” Yasmin explains. “We’re having to turn everything around at a moment’s notice.”
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Success in Soup
North & South, Oct 2006
Tantalising, wholesome cooking smells lead through industrial Mairangi Bay on Auckland’s North shore to Pitango’s door. Here, deep in the ‘burbs, 40 people in white overalls and hair-capturing hats tend steaming soups in 10 waist-high 120-litre pots. There’s a red pot (tomato and thyme), an orange pot (carrot, chili and coriander) and a tawny gold pot (corn and chicken chowder).
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Souped up and successful
NZBusiness, Oct 2006
The health of New Zealand’s economy is inextricably linked to the performance of its export community. Yasmin and Ofer Shenhav represent a new breed of exporters tackling niche markets with enthusiasm and innovative products.
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Fresh soups a winner despite pessimism
North Shore Business, Oct 2006
The Shenhavs were told when canvassing supermarkets pitching the idea of a new range of fresh soups, there was no way they could compete with the big guys.
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Pitango Innovative Cuisine whips up another tasty award
food2Go, Sep 2006
Fresh from winning a top export award, North Shore food company Pitango Innovative Cuisine has scooped another impressive title.
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Pitango, Winner of ANZ Auckland Export Awards
Jun 2006
The ANZ Auckland Export Awards, recognising outstanding Auckland business from across the industry spectrum, took place at a sell-out gala dinner at the Hyatt Regency's Princes Ballroom.
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"Best Bought Chicken Soup"
Metro Magazine, Jan 2006
Awarded to Pitango's Fresh Organic Moroccan Chicken Soup in its first season debut!

Cooking up a world-beater
New Zealand Herald, Oct 2004
In three years, a husband-and-wife team have developed a product that has 23pc of the chilled soup market and also sells overseas.
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