OUR STORY
We started with 2 growers and a problem to solve.
In 2012, Daryl and Sally Boardman were avocado growers who had spent years watching the marketing side of the industry shortchange the people doing the growing.
They founded The Avolution to change that, not with a new technology platform or a venture-backed model, but with a straightforward proposition: growers should see exactly what the market paid for their fruit, exactly what it cost to get it there, and exactly what they receive. Nothing pooled. Nothing hidden. More than a decade later, that proposition is still the foundation. We partner with 120+ growers across Australia's key growing regions. We supply retail, wholesale, foodservice, and export partners across Australia, Asia, and the Middle East. And we've expanded from avocados into citrus and table grapes, applying the same model to every new category we enter.
At heart, The Avolution is a family business, one that takes pride in supporting other families across Australia's key growing regions.
Daryl and Sally Boardman found The Avolution with two grower partners. Fed up with the opacity and inefficiency of avocado marketing, they built a model designed to return the maximum back to the people growing the fruit.
Antony and Gunjan Allen join The Avolution as co-owners, with Antony Allen as CEO. The founding partnership is complete: Daryl and Sally Boardman as Founders and Grower Owners, Antony and Gunjan Allen as co-owners. The Woolworths supply program begins.
The grower network grows. Export programs begin into Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong, establishing The Avolution as one of the few Australian operators building real programmatic relationships in Asian markets, not just shipping spot fruit.
50 growers reached. The supply breadth starts to become a genuine commercial asset: multiple regions in production at any time means genuine security of supply across seasons.
Aldi supply program begins: a Tier 1 domestic retail relationship built on consistent grading, reliable volumes, and the kind of program discipline that major retailers require.
Sushi Hub foodservice program begins: one of the first examples of The Avolution building a dedicated foodservice supply relationship alongside its retail programs.
Export programs deepen across Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. The Avolution begins developing the commercial intelligence and market relationships that will underpin expansion into India and the Middle East.
India market entry. The first Australian avocado shipment to India: seven trial loads, work with Australian Government support from DAFF, Austrade, and the Australian High Commission in Delhi. A milestone for the Australian industry and the start of a long-term market development program. Industry recognition: Finalist Premier of Queensland's Export Awards 2023, Hort Connections 2023 Horticulture Awards for Excellence: Finalist Hort Innovation Exporter of the Year, 2023 Australian Small Business Champion Awards: National Champion, Australian Business Awards 2023: ABA100 Winner for Supply Chain Management, IABCA Awards 2023: Winner Excellence in Innovation Award.
Export expansion into the Middle East. Kuwait serviced via Oman land bridge, the first viable alternative Gulf corridor to emerge from ongoing Red Sea freight disruption. Industry recognition: State Finalist 2024 Telstra Best of Business Awards.
Table grape export program launches. Sapphire, Sweet Globe, Crimson Pink, and Red Globe shipped via air freight into Singapore, Malaysia, and the Middle East. The model that built The Avolution's avocado business: programmatic supply, quality first, return to grower, applied to a new category.
Citrus program launches. Navel oranges, mandarins, and seedless lemons from the Riverina, Central New South Wales, and Sunraysia into domestic retail and export markets across the Middle East and Asia.
Hort Connections, Adelaide. Hort Connections 2026 Horticulture Awards for Excellence: Finalist Hort Innovation Exporter of the Year.
Now we work with 120+ growers to supply a growing network of retail, wholesale, foodservice, and export partners across Australia, Asia, and the Middle East.
14 years. 120+ growers. Three categories. Seven export markets. The same model refined every season, tested by every market downturn, and still standing on the same foundation Daryl and Sally built in 2012. That's The Avolution.
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