Calavo Growers, Inc. Appoints Kathleen Holmgren to the Board
January 01, 2017 at 12:21 am IST
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On January 25, 2017, the board of directors of Calavo Growers, Inc. appointed Kathleen Holmgren to fill the board position vacated by Mr. George Barnes, who retired in August 2016. Ms. Holmgren is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in the storage, software, computer systems, and management consulting industries. In her management consulting practice, she provides functional and general management expertise to her client's business - often serving in interim executive roles. Ms. Holmgren worked as a Senior Vice President at Sun Microsystems, and is currently a Chief Officer at Automation Anywhere.
Calavo Growers, Inc. is a provider of value-added fresh food in the avocado industry. The Company is engaged in marketing and distributing avocados, prepared avocados, and other perishable foods to retail grocery, foodservice, club stores, mass merchandisers, food distributors and wholesalers on a worldwide basis. It procures avocados from California, Mexico and other growing regions around the world. Through its various operating facilities, it sorts, packs, and/or ripens avocados, tomatoes and/or Hawaiian grown papayas, creates, process and packages a portfolio of healthy fresh foods, including fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, and prepares foods and process and package guacamole. The Grown segment consists of fresh avocados, tomatoes and papayas. The Prepared segment comprises all other products including fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, ready-to-eat sandwiches, wraps, saladsand snacks, guacamole, and salsa sold at retail and food service, as well as avocado pulp sold to foodservice.
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