Fox Packaging celebrates 60 years

McAllen, Texas-based Fox Packaging is celebrating its 60th anniversary serving the produce industry this year. 

In 1962, Kenneth Fox packed up his belongings and moved his family to South Texas, where he began Fox Packaging with used equipment and borrowed space in the back of a carrot shed, according to a news release.

Today, Fox Packaging remains family owned and operated, now servicing produce customers across North and South America through its own facility with remote representation across the U.S., the release said. The company’s goal has remained the same — to ensure good food reaches communities with quality intact, the release said.

“My father, Kenneth, instilled many lessons in us as he built his legacy alongside his family,” Aaron Fox, executive vice president, said in the release. “Fox Packaging, and the Fox family, values relationships and places emphasis on surrounding ourselves with those who are equally as passionate about the work as we are.”

Fox Solutions, the release said, aims to provide fresh produce packers and shippers with flexible packaging solutions that not only achieve cost-savings through operational efficiencies, but also positively affect the bottom line with increased demand from retail buyers. 

“We must be flexible to meet the demands of our customers’ changing businesses,” Fox said in the release. “That’s why we encourage our customers to think of Fox as an extension of their brand, rather than a packaging supplier. Our innovative and creative approach to packaging provides excellent product safety while delivering brands and key messages to consumers.”

As a domestic packaging partner, Fox Packaging can alleviate the expenditure and lead times when compared to imported packaging, the release said.