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Commercial Pick
Money grows on bushes at Blueberry Acres – you just have to pick it off to get paid! Have another job and would like to pick during free time or holidays? Enjoy the good weather in the blueberry fields with all our fantastic commercial pickers earning extra money at the same time. Full days or part days!
Our blueberries conveniently grow within easy reach on high bushes. Most cultivated varieties of blueberries grow large and sweet – it doesn’t take long to fill up your containers.
Commercial Pick Protocol
Please limit personal items taken to the field.
Absolutely no eating or smoking in the fields.
Please bring a water bottle (screw cap style) with you. You can refill at the water stations.
No personal picking containers. You must use ours. There is also a limit of 4 buckets per person at any one time, the number of buckets may be reduced to 2 in hot temperature.
Our commercial blueberry fields are located in Sheffield Mills on Saxon Street and Middle Dyke Road. We also have commercial picking fields on Jackson Barkhouse Road and Weaver Road in Medford.
For the commercial pick you will need comfortable clothing, lunch, water and sunscreen for a lucrative day of blueberry picking. You will not be required to bring a picking container, these will be provided for you. Harnesses are available for sale at the pay window for $10.00.
Commercial picking is paid by the pound. Depending on the bushes being picked and how fast you pick, determines the amount you can earn. The rate per pound changes throughout the season. You will be provided with a scan card. When you turn in your blueberries to the truck, you will scan your card and the weight will be recorded in the system . It is up to the picker to be responsible for their issued card. Any lost or forgotten cards cannot and will not be re-issued.
At the end of each day, you are issued a print out for how much you have picked throughout the day. Then you take your slip to the pay window where your slip gets exchanged for cash. if you have any questions or issues do not leave the pay window until you feel satisfied with the amount issued being correct.
It is up to the picker to be responsible for their issued slip. Any lost or forgotten slips cannot and will not be re-issued.
The pay window is the only place to turn your slip in for payment; unless you have previously set up with payroll to be paid by cheque.
