Fresh Express, a retail packaged salad producer, and Chiquita welcomed Florida Gov. Rick Scott as they celebrated the recent move of their corporate headquarters to Florida.

The move brings approximately 120 Fresh Express and Chiquita jobs to the new Fresh Express headquarters in Orlando, and another 90 jobs to Chiquita's new headquarters in Dania Beach in south Florida. The two companies have a combined annual revenue of $3 billion a year.  Gov. Rick Scott visited the new Fresh Express headquarters

"Fresh Express is incredibly excited to become part of the Orlando community," Ken Diveley, chief executive officer and president of Fresh Express, said in a press release. "It's clear that the central Florida region, and the entire state, is a tremendous area in which to locate our offices. We look forward to being part of the great state of Florida, where Gov. Scott continues to build a strong business community."

Gov. Scott toured the new Fresh Express headquarters, met with company officials and welcomed the company to the Sunshine State.

"We are working to make Florida the best place in the country to live and raise a family," Gov. Scott said. "Today's announcement means hundreds more Floridians will be able to get a great job in the Sunshine State. I would like to thank Fresh Express and Chiquita for choosing Florida to grow their company. Florida businesses have created more than 1 million new jobs across the state in just five years, and we will keep working to make sure Florida continues on the path to becoming first for jobs."

The move was spurred last year after the Cutrale Group, one of the largest orange juice producers in the world, and the Safra Group, a global financial services firm, acquired Chiquita Brands International. Fresh Express is a subsidiary of Chiquita.

After the acquisition, the owners decided to move the Chiquita and Fresh Express headquarters from Charlotte, NC, to Florida. Orlando was selected because of its proximity to other Cutrale Group holdings, and Dania Beach was selected because of its proximity to the port where Chiquita receives bananas for ripening and distribution.

The new Orlando headquarters features 90 jobs for Fresh Express and 30 jobs to service Chiquita's corporate IT needs. The headquarters includes offices for executive management, as well as sales, marketing, operations, human resources, procurement and logistics. The Dania Beach headquarters will serve similar central office functions for Chiquita.

"We're happy to add to the economic health of the area, and we look forward to growing Fresh Express here," Diveley said.

Fresh Express distributes about 250 different salad, vegetable and fruit products, with 50 fresh produce offerings for food service outlets and healthy snack products. In addition to the Orlando headquarters, it also has five packaging plants throughout the U.S.

Chiquita distributes bananas in approximately 70 counties around the world. In addition to its Florida headquarters, it has major operations in Europe and Central America, as well as distribution and ripening facilities throughout the U.S.