<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Charlotte, NC-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">2.19.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>On the heels of last year’s move to focus on its core commodities of bananas, pineapples, and packaged salads, Chiquita has granted International Fruit Company the exclusive license to market deciduous produce and citrus under the Chiquita brand.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">International Fruit Company will continue to proudly display the Chiquita brand on all of its deciduous products, a symbol of the freshest and best produce available.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">In addition to other produce offerings, the company will kick off with a variety of red, black, and green seedless grapes as well as seeded Red Globes and more. Supplies are expected to begin in Chile, after which production will move to Mexico and California.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The company was introduced in 2012 by Chilean-born produce veteran Davíd Espinoza,Sr., International Fruit Company’s President and Sourcing Director.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Davíd, a 17 year employee of Chiquita Brands International, began his career as a Grower/Exporter and throughout the years experienced almost every level of the supply chain until finally reaching Sr. Manager, Business Development with Chiquita.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The company’s current operations source from most South American countries, Mexico and the United States, providing a 12 month supply of the finest products to domestic and Asian markets.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Keith Leichty, 9 year Chiquita veteran joins the new company as Vice President of Sales while Alex Bryant has assumed the role of General Manager. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.internationalfruitcompany.com/Home_Page.php" target="_new"> International Fruit Company </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
