January 13, 2021
Fruit World, a family-owned, flavor-focused grower-shipper of organic and conventional fruit, is reporting an exceptional citrus growing season, including a variety of specialty citrus. The season’s varieties include conventional and organic mandarins, as well as organic Cara Cara, Blood, and Navel oranges, organic Minneolas, and their year-round mainstay, organic lemons. They are also pleased to announce the transition of even more acreage towards organic certification. We’re in mandarin season now through May, with our highest volumes in early spring. Our Stem & Leaf Mandarins are now available in a new 4-pack clamshell under our Lucky Dragon label. We’ve found this new pack style to be exceptionally popular right now, with consumer demand for packaging options that limit additional direct handling of their produce at retail. Plus, the label adds a fun and bold element to the package, said Bianca Kaprielian, Fruit World co-founder and chief executive offi
December 10, 2020
Los Angeles-based grower/packer/shipper Progressive Produce will see an expanded organic Heirloom Navel orange program towards the end of the year and into the first quarter of 2021. Sold under the recently refreshed Nature s Bounty Organic label, the company s perfectly sweet and locally grown organic Heirloom Navels will be available from late December until March. Product can be packed in three-pound bags with bulk sizes also available.
Speaking of Nature s Bounty Organic, Director of Marketing and Sales Oscar Guzman said, We updated the label and brand with a sleek, simplistic design and bright, bold colors to catch consumers attention from a distance. Packaging for lemons, grapefruit, Valencia and Navel oranges and Heirloom Navel oranges will feature the new design.