<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Salinas, CA-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">12.18.12</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Due to growing demand for Mann Packing Company's French bean items, the company is increasing shipments of the products for the holidays. Sales of the 8-ounce bag of washed, ready-to-eat French beans are up and the company is shipping promotional level volumes through the holidays and into the new year, according to a press release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/hl_mannpacking_dec_2012_BANNER.jpg" alt="images121712" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">John Haydock, Senior Vice President of Sales, states, “The French beans are a perfect complement to our green bean program overall and a nice addition to our growing line of specialty niche vegetables which includes crinkle cut sweet potato fries, butternut squash and Broccolini®."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Growing at 15.7 percent annually, the French bean segment is outpacing the conventional green bean segment at 7.9 percent annual growth according Nielsen Perishables Group YTD week ending 5-26-2012.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.veggiesmadeeasy.com" target="_new">Mann Packing Company</a> </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
