Grower Direct goes 100% Unitec

Stockton, Calif.-based Grower Direct Marketing LLC now has “110 lanes of electronics,” said Jim Hanson, managing director.

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Stockton, Calif.-based Grower Direct Marketing LLC now has “110 lanes of electronics,” said Jim Hanson, managing director.
It’s part of an expansion in the past year, he said.

“One-hundred percent of our product is packed on Unitec grading and sizing machines,” he said.

Grower Direct Marketing has “expanded the late season in California,” which is an initiative the company launched five years ago, Hanson said.

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