By early-August, Peru had shipped nearly 200 million pounds of avocados to the U.S. market with the expectation that it would ship another 100 million pounds during the final two months of its season, smashing its previous record by nearly 50 percent.

In 1998, Shuman Farms began its farming operations in Peru, developing a vertically integrated program that allows the company to ship sweet onions to its retail partners from September to March.

The company recently debuted a state-of-the-art packinghouse and updated facilities in Peru.

G&R Farms is a Peruvian sweet onion grower and has been growing in Peru for more than a decade.

National Avocado Day is fast approaching, and Avocados from Peru is celebrating America’s favorite superfood by giving back to local communities and unveiling the ultimate demo machine — the AFP Food Truck.

Lidl U.S. is partnering with Avocados from Peru to give away a Tesla to one lucky winner. The sweepstakes kicked off on July 1 and is open to legal residents of the nine states where Lidl operates stores: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and New York, as well as Washington, DC.

The Tesla will be presented to one winner at the end of the campaign, which concludes Aug. 31.

As part of Avocados from Peru’s innovative marketing campaign, it has expanded its media partnerships with NBC, Telemundo and Fox to include more than 70 media markets, including the top 10 in the United States. Among the highlights of the partnerships, AFP will be a local sponsor of top programming that includes the MLB All Star game, Gordon Ramsey’s “MasterChef,” “America’s Got Talent” and the Latino Billboard Music Awards.