<p><strong>Lakeville-Middleboro, MA</strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., has opened a $26 million high-tech cranberry receiving station facility in Richmond, BC.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Ocean Spray Chief Executive Officer Randy Papadellis was joined by Ocean Spray Board Vice-Chairman Peter Dhillon, Richmond East Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Linda Reid, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, several City Councilors and a number of Ocean Spray British Columbia-area growers in celebrating the opening of the new facility.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“We are thankful to MLA Reid, the City of Richmond Council and City staff for helping to make the new facility a reality," says Papadellis. "The strong relationships we've formed with them are crucial to our success as we continue to invest in projects that benefit both our growers and the Richmond community in general."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Located about four miles away from the former Richmond receiving station, the site offers more convenient accessibility for local growers and more space and capacity for operations. Providing a 50 percent increase to Richmond's current receiving capacity, the total daily capacity of the new facility will be in excess of 3 million pounds, with annual capacity approaching 100 million pounds. Additionally, growers should see decreased wait times when delivering their crops to the receiving station.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The new facility also includes equipment to sort and screen cranberries and make the processing of cranberry crops more efficient.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“As Ocean Spray continues to expand business across the globe, the Richmond community has been an important partner," says Peter Dhillon, Vice Chairman of the Board and Richmond-area cranberry grower. "Almost 20 percent of Ocean Spray's total acreage in North America is in British Columbia, and so the new state-of-the-art receiving station will help us maximize the efficiency of handling our crop”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.oceanspray.com/Who-We-Are.aspx" target="_new"> Ocean Spray </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
