LOS ANGELES – North American distributor of fresh asparagus, blueberries and blackberries, Gourmet Trading Company, announced the beginning of its Chile blueberry season today. As the company’s Argentina blueberry season winds down Chilean blueberry season begins allowing the company to provide a year-round supply of blueberries to retail and foodservice operators.
“We are looking forward to a strong Chilean blueberry season. We have already started to receive blueberries from Chile and will continue to till the end of April.” stated Gourmet Trading Company Vice President of Procurement, Scott Hulsey.
“With peak Chilean blueberry volume during the holidays there is a great opportunity for retailers to lift sales by promoting blueberries for holiday meals and desserts. We are looking forward to promoting our blueberries throughout the holiday season with social media sites such as twitter and pinterest. We plan to continue to promote Chilean blueberries after New Year’s with our 11 oz Green Giant® Fresh Blueberries for Return to School in January.” announced Gourmet Trading Company Marketing Director, Julia Inestroza.
Gourmet Trading Company Chilean blueberries are available in the Gourmet Trading Company label in the following packs: 12×4.4oz, 12x6oz, 8x18oz, 12x1pint, 12x24oz, and 12x32oz. The company also offers Chilean blueberries in the Green Giant® Fresh label in a 1pint pack. Point of Sale materials and recipe cards are available to retailers throughout Chilean blueberry season.
About Gourmet Trading Company:
Gourmet Trading Company, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, was founded in 1982 as a family business. 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; Calexico, California; Bakersfield, California; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; Auckland, New Zealand; Lima, Peru; Tokyo, Japan; and Caborca, Mexico. For additional information visit gourmettrading.net or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Linkedin, and Pinterest.
Source: Gourmet Trading Company