Calavo Growers, Inc.

Sector: Fresh Fruits And Vegetables Region: CA, United States

Exchange/Ticker: Nasdaq: CVGW

Company Description

Calavo Growers, Inc. procures and markets avocados and other perishable commodities. The company operates its business through three segments: Fresh Products, Calavo Foods and RFG. The Fresh Products segment distributes avocados and other fresh produce products and also grades, sizes, packs, cools and ripens avocados, tomatoes and Hawaiian grown papayas. The Calavo Foods segment purchases, manufactures and distributes prepared products, including guacamole, tortilla chips, salsa, fresh-cut fruit, ready-to-eat vegetables, recipe-ready vegetables and deli meat products and also processes avocados into various guacamole products, which include frozen and cold pasteurized. It delivers fresh and prepared food products to food distributors, produce wholesalers, supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants on a worldwide basis and procures avocados principally from California, Mexico and Chile. The RFG segment manufactures and distributes fresh-cut fruit, ready-to-eat vegetables, recipe-ready vegetables and deli meat products. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Santa Paula, CA.

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