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Summary
- A world-leading vertically integrated farming, marketing, and sales organization of fresh fruits and vegetables.
- Grows apples, avocados, berries, cherries, figs, grapefruits, grapes, kiwifruits, kumquats, lemons, limes, mandarins, mangoes, melons, oranges, pears, pineapples, pomegranates, stone fruits, asparagus, broccoli, carrots, garlic, ginger, lettuce, onions, and squashes.
- Serves the world from the company's head office in Washington and full-service branch offices in Peru, Chile, South Africa, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Italy.
- Has controlled atmosphere facilities with the capacity to hold 1 M boxes of fruits.
- Global GAP certified.
Company Story
As part of its aim to create a global vertically-integrated fresh fruit company that can offer fresh produce from its fields to its customers 52 weeks out of the year, The Vanguard International Group has acquired Pride Packing Co. in Wapato, Washington. Adding, "We are proud to be associated with the Spada family, United Salad Co., and Pride, and we look forward to increasing our footprint in Washington to enhance our ability to supply our customers around the world," Craig Stauffer, CEO of Vanguard, says, "We are thrilled to welcome Pride to Vanguard and to continue our working relationship with this industry leader."
Vanguard International is a leading international vertically-integrated fresh fruit growing, packing, marketing, and sales organization with its headquarters in Issaquah, Washington, and branch offices in Wapato, Washington, Bakersfield, California, Lima, Peru, and Ica, Peru; Santiago, Chile; Stellenbosch, South Africa; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Madrid, Spain. While, Pride Packing, a pioneer in the state's tree fruit industry, was founded in 1972 by Ernest Spada, Sr., and has its headquarters in Wapato, Washington. Pride Packing is driven to provide excellent products that are well-liked around the world.
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