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September/October 2024

Workers sort brightly colored fruit

Labor survey provides look at challenges facing processors

This year Produce Processing’s parent company, Great American Media Services (GAMS), conducted multiple labor surveys seeking input from fruit, vegetable and tree nut growers, as well as produce processors to learn more about the current labor climate.

Crates full of bright red, yellow and green peppers

No time to waste: Company scaling up food safety solution

The way Frank Yiannas sees it, there’s no time to waste.

A woman sits at a desk surrounded by brightly colored packages

Packaging sustainability push driving change, creating challenges

In recent years, there has been a shift in the types of packaging used by food manufacturers, emphasizing the importance of finding sustainable solutions.

Workers sort cherries into wooden boxes

Resources available to help recruit, retain employees

The shortage of labor, especially skilled workers, is a chronic lament in manufacturing. As technology and markets have evolved, the knowledge and qualities workers need to be successful have shifted.

Cherries file through a sorter

TOMRA technology helps cherry packer refine operations

Prima Frutta Packing is a family-owned business based in Linden, California, founded in 1991 by Tim Sambado to pack produce from orchards on and around the family’s ranch. It packs high-quality cherries using the latest packaging technologies to ship across the U.S., as well as to Asia and other regions.



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