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Browse Mexican avocado business updates for companies like Calavo, Del Rey, Mission Produce and more.

They may be produced south of the border, but Mexican-grown avocados have played a pivotal role in bolstering the avocado industry in the U.S.

U.S. importers are expected to bring in about 2 billion pounds of avocados from Mexico this season — an increase of about 6% over last year.

The Hass Avocado Board has elected new members to its executive committee.

Organic avocados continue to play an important role in the business plans of the major U.S. avocado importers.

Dana Thomas, CEO of avocado marketer Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., plans to retire in 2020.

WP Produce, Miami, is reporting a strong start of the peak Dominican Republic avocado season, which it packs under the Desbry brand.

Monica Arnett has been promoted to vice president of finance and administration for the California Avocado Commission, Irvine, Calif.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Habanero guacamole is a new offering from Jalisco, Mexico-based Freshcourt, and the company is soon planning to introduce several flavors of an avocado smoothie product.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A bigger California avocado crop in 2020 should lead for expanded promotions for the fruit across the U.S.

Chicago-based Hazel Technologies Inc. has partnered with Dominican Republic avocado exporter WP Produce to use the post-harvest technology on Desbry brand avocados shipped to U.S. markets.

West Pak Avocado, Murrieta, Calif., has a multi-part video marketing campaign, The Avo Effect, for 2020.

West Pak Avocado, Murrieta, Calif., plans to promote its bagged avocado program and the brands that differentiates the company in the industry at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.

Mission Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., joined other businesses to promote agriculture outreach, planting an avocado orchard at Ventura College.

With an early prediction of a larger 2020 crop, the California Avocado Commission is working on promotions to build consumer anticipation.

Kroger is rolling out avocados with Apeel Sciences’ shelf-life extender in 1,100 stores, and plans to stock Apeel limes and asparagus in Cincinnati stores this fall.

Led by strong fresh avocado sales, fiscal third-quarter revenues hit a record $359.3 million for Santa Paula, Calif.-based Calavo Growers.

Onion growers and shippers in the Idaho-Eastern Oregon District, like colleagues elsewhere, say they are finding practical use for multiple options in packaging that didn’t exist in years past.

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Apeel Sciences has announced supplier partnerships that company leaders say will enable a year-round supply of Apeel avocados, limes, asparagus, and apples for U.S. retailers and consumers.