Ready Pac salads sent to NC for Hurricane Florence relief

Bonduelle Fresh Americas has shipped 10,000 Ready Pac Foods Bistro salads to Wilmington, N.C., for hurricane relief.

Bonduelle Fresh Americas has shipped 10,000 Ready Pac Foods Bistro salads to Wilmington, N.C., for hurricane relief.

The truck with the Bistro Chicken Caesar salads left the Ready Pac Swedesboro, N.J., plant Sept. 21, and arrived the morning of Sept. 22 at the American Red Cross Shelter in Wilmington, according to a news release.

Hurricane Florence hit the area in mid-September, causing flooding in North Carolina and other states.

Ready Pac Foods was bought by Bonduelle, which is based in France, in 2017. It is Bonduelle’s largest subsidiary, according to the release.

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