Vanguard International, Issaquah, Wash., has been named a gold-level member of Tru-Cape’s Millionaires’ Club, purchasing 2.5 million cartons of apples and pears from the South African exporter.
“We have a long-standing business relationship with the team at Vanguard International, and this promoted level in our Millionaire’s club reflects that,” Jannie Visser, Tru-Cape’s export manager, said in the release.
Vanguard International has had a South Africa for 21 years to manage procurement from South Africa and Egypt, according to the release.
“We are honored to receive the Gold standing after many years of dedicated work in our apple and pear distribution with Tru-Cape and I want to thank Tru-Cape and the entire Vanguard team for all of their hard work to make this achievement happen,” Henk Wever, manager of Vanguard South Africa, said in the release.
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