Muranaka Farm breaks ground on new cooler
Muranaka Farm breaks ground on new cooler
Muranaka Farm Inc. broke ground Thursday, July 24, on a new cooler that will sit on the company's 600 acres of farmland by its headquarters in Moorpark, CA.
The new cooler will be located just down the road from the company's current cooler and is scheduled for a December opening. The 18,000-square-foot facility will be more than four times the size of the current cooler, with additional doors for the loading dock.
It will replace Muranaka's 30-year-old cooler, which will be converted to a processing facility for new products that are in development.
Upgrades offered in the new cooler include an automated cooling system that communicates with Muranaka employees by computer when there is a change in the temperature. The new cooler will be certified by AIB International, said John Killeen, Muranaka's vice president of sales and marketing.
"This [new cooler] coincides with our new warehousing computer program," Mr. Killeen said. "It will give us a better ability to manage inventory, which means fresher product for the customer."
The facility will meet all necessary food-safety, Good Agricultural Practices and shipping requirements.
Sixty-year-old Muranaka Farm is one of the larger shippers of bunched green onions in the United States and offers about a dozen vegetables in all. In addition to its Moorpark acreage, the company has 1,300 acres of farmland in Mexico.
The new cooler will be located just down the road from the company's current cooler and is scheduled for a December opening. The 18,000-square-foot facility will be more than four times the size of the current cooler, with additional doors for the loading dock.
It will replace Muranaka's 30-year-old cooler, which will be converted to a processing facility for new products that are in development.
Upgrades offered in the new cooler include an automated cooling system that communicates with Muranaka employees by computer when there is a change in the temperature. The new cooler will be certified by AIB International, said John Killeen, Muranaka's vice president of sales and marketing.
"This [new cooler] coincides with our new warehousing computer program," Mr. Killeen said. "It will give us a better ability to manage inventory, which means fresher product for the customer."
The facility will meet all necessary food-safety, Good Agricultural Practices and shipping requirements.
Sixty-year-old Muranaka Farm is one of the larger shippers of bunched green onions in the United States and offers about a dozen vegetables in all. In addition to its Moorpark acreage, the company has 1,300 acres of farmland in Mexico.
