ORANGE COUNTY, CA – With its tropical-sweet taste and longer shelf-life, Zespri’s SunGold Kiwifruit is enjoying growth in the kiwifruit category. And, in order to meet this growing demand, Zespri announced the addition of Jason Donaldson to its North America office to oversee the company’s operations in the Americas.
“I’m excited to join the Zespri team and take on this new role as Zespri expands throughout the Americas. We are building our team to become a 12-month brand in this region so that consumers can enjoy SunGold Kiwifruit all year,” said Donaldson in a press release.
Prior to joining Zespri, Donaldson spent over 20 years in operations management in a variety of food and beverage categories ranging from carbonated beverages to sushi. He most recently worked in speciality produce at Freida’s.
With vast experience in multi-site management and large work force management, he initially started his career with 10 years in-store experience and over 10 years of vendor experience from direct-store delivery systems to warehouse and production management backgrounds.
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