K.C. Loo Fruit Centre
K.C. Loo Fruit Centre
The Loo family fruit shop sells a wide range of fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, salad mixes, herbs, eggs, dried fruit, nuts, a selection of Chinese groceries and fresh flowers.
The store is located in the heart of the Mt Eden village at 436 Mt Eden Rd (which is the corner of Mt Eden Rd and Stokes Rd) and is open 7 days.
Trading Hours
We are OPEN Daily 9am-6pm via the
BACK DOOR of our shop on Stokes Rd;
the SIDE DOOR on Stokes Rd will also
usually be open, depending on staffing
and weather.
We open slightly later, from 10am-6pm,
on public holidays (except on Christmas Day).
We do CONTACTLESS HOME DELIVERY ($5 for local delivery).
We pick and pack to order (we don’t have set fruit and vege boxes)
so please order your goods on:
☎ 630-4003 OR 📱 027-477-0248 OR
📧 glennisloo@gmail.com OR 📧 kcloofruitcentre@gmail.com
Exception: Christmas Day (closed)
About Us
The hardworking Loo family have been in the fruit shop business in Mt Eden for more than seventy years. Sadly, Mr K.C. Loo passed away on 10 October 2016 and Mrs Eileen Loo passed away on 26 February 2023. Both were icons of Mt Eden. However, their legacy lives on via the family fruit shop.
You can read Eileen Loo's story here.
Kong Chew Loo's story to come.
Read About Us Here:
Eileen Loo and Five Ways New Zealand Has Changed Beyond Recognition ... And For the Better (Stuff, 28/10/18)
Brendan Loo and his Fundraising Stand at K.C. Loo's (Good Sorts, 25/3/18)
Eileen Loo and The Fruits of Our Labours: Chinese Fruit Shops in NZ (Newshub, 24/02/18)
Auckland's Oldest Shops: K.C. Loo Fruit Centre (NZ Herald, 11/09/16)
A Love Letter to Mt Eden (Stuff, 16/03/17)
Migrant's Long Road to New Zealand (Central Leader, 10/10/14)
Please see article opposite (double click image to view)
Fare Go (The Aucklander, 11/08/11)
Working Lives - 100 Hours a Week (Next Magazine, 02/96)
Please see article opposite (double click image to view)
Check what's in season and get facts, recipes and nutritional information at www.5aday.co.nz and www.vegetables.co.nz
K.C. Loo's trademark sign.
A glimpse of our fruit selection.
Our fruit aisle.
Outside view of some in-season specials.
K.C. Loo's distinctive blue marble wall makes it easy to spot.
K.C. Loo as seen from the Mt Eden Village intersection.
Our ground vegetables are found opposite our fruits.
Our leaf vegetables are found in the chiller.