Size code
Orange size 11, and grouping three codes in a bag
Size 11 sits at the top of the last three codes on the scale. That matters because a small sales package, the kind a retail net is, is allowed to hold three consecutive codes instead of one. Grouped with the two beneath it, this code reaches the bottom of the orange scale in a single bag.
The figures
| Size code | 11 |
|---|---|
| Diameter range | 58–66 mm |
| Varieties we pack in this size | None of ours is packed mainly in this size |
| Sizes 11, 12 and 13 grouped | 53–66 mm |
| Where the three size rule applies | Bulk bins and sales packages up to 5 kg net |
What it changes on an order
You buy netted fruit for a supermarket
A net filled under the three size rule looks more mixed than a box filled to one code, and it is entirely lawful. If the listing photograph shows uniform fruit, your buying specification has to say so in writing.
You are comparing a net price with a box price
The two are not sized the same way, so the comparison is not like for like until you adjust it. Ask which sizing option the packer used before you read the difference as a discount.
You are writing a private label specification
Private label work tightens the standard more than it repeats it. Naming one code, naming the gauge, and saying the three size grouping does not apply takes a single sentence and settles the question for the life of the contract.
What this note does not settle
- The grouping rule belongs to the standard. Whether our packer would use it on a given order is a question for the order.
- We grade nothing in these codes, so the worked example above is about how the rule behaves and not about our fruit.
- Net weights, bag counts and print requirements for retail packs are format questions and are not fixed here.
What a net is allowed to hold
A sales package of modest weight is treated unlike a box. Rather than holding one code, it is entitled to hold three consecutive ones, and the rule exists because filling a small bag to a single band wastes fruit nobody would have noticed was different.
Grouped downward from here, the three reach the very bottom of the orange scale. A shopper picking up such a bag sees a spread a layered box would never show, and a buyer who expected uniformity has no complaint to make, because the rule was there the whole time.
Where the specification has to do the work
If your listing photograph shows fruit of one size, the buying document has to ask for fruit of one size. The standard sets a floor, and a private label brief is where a buyer raises it. Naming the single code and ruling out the grouping takes a sentence.
The same care applies when a net price is set against a box price. Two packages sized under different options are not measuring the same thing, and reading the gap as a discount is how a buying team congratulates itself on a saving it never made.
Talk to the grower
Tell us the variety, the sizes and the delivery week you need. You get a delivered price and what we can commit to in writing, from the person who picks the fruit.
The grower handles enquiries. Response times are still to be confirmed.