DNE expands Florida program
DNE expands Florida program
DNE World Fruit LLC, based in Ft. Pierce, FL, added to its list of packinghouses by signing contracts with Premier Citrus Packers LLC in Vero Beach, FL, and John Stephens Inc. in Frostproof, FL.
Last year Premier Citrus packed approximately 1 million cartons of Florida grapefruit and John Stephens packed about 420,000 cartons of Florida citrus, with a mix of tangerines, Navels, juice oranges and grapefruit.
"We are very happy to be working with Premier Citrus Packers again and also very excited about the addition of John Stephens packinghouse as well," Mark Hanks, vice president of sales and marketing for DNE, said in a press release.
DNE also markets for East Coast Packers Inc., Egan Packing LLC, Haines City CGA, Indian River Exchange Packers Inc, Orange Ring, Quality Fruit Packers of Indian River Inc, and Sun Ag LLC.
This year DNE will market over 5 million cartons of Florida grapefruit, oranges, tangerines and specialties.