Giumarra Agricom International has announced the launch of its new avocado packing facility in Ventura, California, following a grand opening held on 22 June.
According to the US-based group, the facility is designed to better service Giumarra's growers in the northern growing region of California, and will lessen the group's carbon footprint by reducing the transfer distance of the product from the fields to the packinghouse.
'Having a facility in Ventura, in conjunction with our packinghouse in Escondido, allows us to provide logistical flexibility to our customers,' said Bruce Dowhan, general manager of Giumarra Agricom.
The group will continue to operate its packhouse in Escondido, he added. 'We are committed to servicing our growers in the San Diego and Riverside counties. We have relationships, partnerships and friendships spanning three decades with the southern avocado grower community. We will maintain these with our Escondido facility and continue to cultivate the grower relationships in the south that are so vital to our business.'
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