Bonipak Produce hires marketing coordinator
Amber Wighton, a graduate of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, has joined Bonipak Produce Inc. as marketing coordinator.
Wighton was senior marketing director for Fresno, Calif.-based PureSense, which sold weather stations and software programs to help growers manage irrigation.
In her new role, Wighton will help family-owned Bonipak focus its marketing efforts, according to a news release.
In addition, Leann Bettencourt was promoted to account manager, where she’ll support some of the company’s major accounts.
D’Arrigo Bros. rolls out iceless rabe pack
D’Arrigo Bros. Co. of California Inc., Salinas, Calif., has introduced iceless, washed, fresh-cut broccoli rabe in 2-pound bags for retail under the Andy Boy label, said Gabriela D’Arrigo, saleswoman.
The new product is the result of collaboration with Salinas-based Taylor Farms, which does the actual packaging, she said.
D’Arrigo Bros. has been working on a bagged product for about 12 years but waited to introduce it until the packaging was perfected, D’Arrigo said.
If held at the proper temperature, the bagged broccoli rabe has a 16- to 18-day shelf life and “still looks like it was just cut,” she said.
D’Arrigo Bros. plans to continue to offer iced broccoli rabe.
Deardorff plans to offer organic cauliflower
Oxnard, Calif.-based Deardorff Family Farms plans to introduce a field-wrapped organic cauliflower this spring, organic sales manager Paul Rabadan said.
The cauliflower will join a host of other organic cool-season crops the grower-shipper already offers.
Earthbound Farm brings whole leaf items
Earthbound Farm, San Juan Bautista, Calif., has introduced three organic products that feature washed, whole lettuce leaves packed in 5-ounce, modified-atmosphere clamshells.
The three varieties are butter lettuce, heirloom lettuce and romaine hearts, according to a news release.
The whole leaves are designed for use in sandwiches, wraps and salads.
The clamshells, made from recycled bottles, have an upscale appearance and show off the product, according to the release.
Mann Packing Co. adds french beans
Salinas-based Mann Packing Co. has added 8-ounce and 32-ounce bags of french beans to its line of bagged, pre-washed, ready-to-use vegetables, marketing coordinator Elena Hernandez said.
French beans — sometimes referred to by their French name, haricot verts — are longer, more slender and lighter colored than typical green beans.
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