<p>Curry & Company is expanding its year-round berry programs with the opening of its Los Angeles office while finalizing plans for a Southern California distribution center. The move aligns with the growing needs of its North American accounts. The office and distribution center will be managed by newly hired Berry Sales Manager – Los Angeles, Dominic Etcheberria, according to a press release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Curry & Company President, Matt Curry states, “We continue to fill in the missing pieces of our blueberry puzzle to meet the needs of our customers. By opening our own distribution center in southern California, it gives us the ability to react quicker and be more efficient for both our customers and our growers. The berry market will continue to grow and we will have distribution centers in Oregon and Los Angeles, giving us the ability to deliver high quality berries throughout the West coast from two locations. The addition of Dominic to our team is valuable because of his industry knowledge and his strong reputation.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The distribution center comes just in time for the 2013 import berry season including Argentinean blueberry, Chilean blueberry and Mexican blackberry seasons. The company will quality inspect every order and will have year round staff to handle the tasks at hand. The recent expansions fulfill a need created by the recent announcement of the opening of Curry Fruit Chile and the anticipated growth in volume from the four berry growing regions Curry & Co. will focus on – North America, Chile, Argentina and Mexico.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Etcheberria brings 3.5 years with Westlake Distributors to his new role. During his time at Westlake he primarily worked on sales and grower relations for strawberries grown in California and central Mexico. Etcheberria has also worked in sales for Giumarra International Berry, was GM for Irvine Valencia Growers (Division of The Irvine Company), and was in sales and planning at Magarro Farms, CA.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Etchberria, states, “I’m excited for this new opportunity and position within Curry & Company. I have worked very closely in the past with Bruce Turner, Curry’s Director of Berry Development and feel Curry & Company has the right vision and goals for this new endeavor.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Congrats to Curry and Co. on your expanding footprint at to Dominic for joining the team.<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.curryandco.com/buyers-resource" target="_new"> Curry and Co. </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
