LOS ANGELES – Gourmet Trading Company, North American distributor of fresh Asparagus and Blueberries, is excited to promote its Green Giant Fresh® products featuring Box Tops For Education® for Back to School. The company first joined the Green Giant Fresh and Box Tops for Education program last fall with its Bagged Fresh Asparagus and recently expanded its product line with Fresh Blueberries.
July through September, Gourmet Trading Company will be packing Oregon blueberries in the Green Giant® Fresh label with Box Tops for Education coupon. The company will be sourcing fresh asparagus from Ecuador, Peru and Central Mexico for its Green Giant Fresh Bagged Asparagus featuring Box Tops For Education.
“Blueberries are the perfect snack for kids and a natural fit for Green Giant Fresh and the Box Tops for Education program. Gourmet Trading Company is a key supplier for Green Giant Fresh and we are pleased to extend our relationship with them to include blueberries.” says Jamie Strachan, Green Giant Fresh President and CEO.
Julia Inestroza, Marketing Director at Gourmet Trading Company stated “Products like Green Giant Fresh Bagged Asparagus and Blueberries featuring box tops are helping encourage healthy eating habits while increasing profits for retailers. Grocery stores can reduce shrink with the bag technology for bagged asparagus while targeting a new demographic.”
Green Giant Fresh Blueberries with Box Tops for Education are available in 4.4oz, 6oz, 11oz, and 18oz pack sizes. Green Giant Fresh Bagged Asparagus with Box Tops for Education is available in 12oz, 1lb, 1.5lb, 1.75lb, and 2lb bags.
About Gourmet Trading Company:
Gourmet Trading Company, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, was founded in 1982. Their control over the supply chain of fresh Asparagus and Blueberries enables them to offer superior service to their customers and growers all over the world. Strong grower relationships globally, a state of the art packing facility in Pasco, Washington, implementation of their own traceability system, management of their own farms in Peru and California, in-house warehousing through Gourmet Logistics, and continual investment in their business enables them to provide high quality Asparagus and Berries all year round. Gourmet Trading Company has additional offices in Miami, Florida; Pasco, Washington; El Centro, California; Bakersfield, California; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; Auckland, New Zealand; Lima, Peru; Tokyo, Japan; and Caborca, Mexico. Additional information is available at www.gourmettrading.net
Source: Gourmet Trading Company