Crown Jewels Produce Expands Southward


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Fri. June 1st, 2012 - by Jordan Okumura-Wright

<p><strong>Nogales, AZ</strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Rob Mathias and Atomic Torosian, owners of Crown Jewels Produce, have announced that Bill Lewis and Shani McKinney have been welcomed to the company in order to help better serve its valued customer’s needs and extend the year round supply of Crown Jewel's fresh produce.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Mr. Lewis started out as a USDA inspector in the San Joaquin Valley and a supermarket produce buyer before relocating to Chile. He spent 23 years there gaining extensive knowledge of the fruit export business. As South American managing partner, he has opened an office in Santiago and will help develop the company’s new import program from Chile, Peru, and Brazil.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Bill Lewis, states, “It’s wonderful to be with experienced and highly reputable marketers that truly understand the business. This new and exciting expansion into South America will continue the company’s philosophy of partnering with some of the finest growers in the industry to focus on producing quality product.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> In Shani McKinney's new role, she will be working from the Fresno main office where she will work with import operations as well as foreign and domestic sales. In her most recent expereince she was the senior account manager at a major fruit operation in California, where she worked on increasing the company’s western territory retail business and Latin American export business.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Shani McKinney, states, “I am looking forward to combining my recent sales experience with my history and passion for the import trade. It is particularly exciting to be working for a company that has a strong presence in the Mexican import deal already, and a well-established domestic supply base. And on top of that I am thrilled to be retaking a working partnership with Bill Lewis--we make a very good team.”</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="www.crownjewelsproduce.com " target="_new">Crown Jewels Produce</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">