<p>River Point Farms has announced Bob and Rick Hale as controlling partners of the company once again after a cooperative transaction closed between the Hale brothers, investor and strategic partner Taylor Farms, and shareholder CIC Partners.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> “Rick and I are elated about this transaction for River Point Farms, which empowers us to make business decisions to reinvest quickly in new opportunities and react to market conditions and customer requests,” said Bob Hale, President and Chief Executive Officer.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Although River Point Farms and its sales team will remain focused on their foodservice program business, they also have plans to begin expanding their retail business solutions as well, working with strategic partner Curry and Company, Brooks, Oregon, according to a press release. The Hale brothers will invest in facilities and equipment for the operation, which includes plans for offering retail-ready products in discussion with Taylor Farms, Salinas, California. Several new strategic partnerships and affiliations will position the onion producer to expand their growing, production, packing, shipping, and product offerings over the next several months, according to Hale.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> “We want our customers to know that we remain fully committed to providing a very high standard of quality with our onions and with the service and supply that they have come to trust and rely on for their businesses,” said Hale. “As we look to the future, we see growth and opportunity for River Point Farms, our current customers and our potential customers with new and improved capabilities.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Bob and Rick Hale also own and operate Hale Farms, a 37 year old first generation diversified family operation. River Point Farms is the largest red onion grower in the country, with 450 million pounds of overall onion volume each year and with operations in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California.</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.riverpointfarms.com/" target="_new"> River Point Farms </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
