My uncle had an Orchard in Evergreeen District. All his life he talked about the hard work involved with owning an Orchard. If he had it to do again he would work for the postal service. The time came with the closing of the canneries one by one he decided to sell for a great deal of money. Finally he could take it easy, relax and go fishing, Right?? Nope, he went to Yuba City and planted another orchard. He belonged to the Sunsweet Growers Inc Cooperative. Sunsweet Growers Inc. is the worlds largest handler of dried tree fruits including cranberries, apricots and prunes. A grower-owned marketing cooperative representing more than one-third of the prune market worldwide, Sunsweet processes nearly 70,000 tons of prunes a year. Founded in 1917 as the California Prune and Apricot Growers Association, the cooperative served as a marketing agent to offer the crops of its members - under the brand name Sunsweet - to consumers at better prices than were offered by individual growers. Today, Sunsweet processes and markets the dried fruit production of more than 300 grower-members with orchard holdings primarily in Californias Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. After nearly nine decades, Sunsweet boasts an enviable brand recognition of 85 percent in American households, placing it in the very top rank of long-standing successful American products. Sunsweets Yuba City, Calif. headquarters is home to the worlds largest dried fruit processing plant, with the highest product quality standards anywhere. Each day, an average of 40,000 cases of Sunsweet products are sealed and marked for worldwide distribution. Sunsweet also holds a bottling facility in Fleetwood, Penn. for its juice products. Sunsweet products can be purchased at most grocery, drug and club store
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:30:33 +0000
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