Brooks Tropicals to feature spring tropical produce at Southern Exposure
Brooks Tropicals to feature spring tropical produce at Southern Exposure
Brooks Tropicals, headquartered in Homestead, FL, is a leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh tropical fruits and vegetables.
The company’s flagship products include papayas, starfruit, avocados — particularly the Florida-grown “SlimCado,”which boasts having less fat and fewer calories than other commercial avocados — and approximately 20 other tropical specialty products, such as the Uniq fruit. Under the loose and bumpy skin of this large citrus fruit is the refreshing taste of a grapefruit with a hint of tangerine.
Mary Ostlund, director of marketing for the company, said that Brooks Tropicals will be exhibiting at booth number 514 at the Southeast Produce Council’s 2014 Southern Exposure annual conference and expo. The event will be held Feb. 27 to March 1 at the Caribe Royale Conference Center & Hotel in Orlando, FL.
“This is our fourth year exhibiting at the Southern Exposure event, and every year has been highly rewarding for us,” said Ostlund. “This year, besides myself, our staff members who will be there are Bill Brindle, vice president of sales and marketing; Peter Leifermann, director of sales; Jack Barron, sales representative; and Sam Skogstad, sales representative and fruit buyer.”
The highlighted feature items visitors can expect to see at the Brooks Tropicals booth at Southern Exposure will be the spring tropical produce from Florida, the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
Brooks Tropicals’ website, www.brookstropicals.com, offers handling, usage, nutritional facts and much more about the items that the company offers. It is also aggressively involved in social media venues, which draw a lot of end users, including consumers, to its product line.
Founded in the 1920s, Brooks Tropicals solidly invests in research and development in order to maintain the company’s reputation for quality tropical fruits and vegetables. This practice has proven essential in its ability to produce several revolutionary achievements of the past 30 years that help bring tropical produce to the market in top condition for the enjoyment of the North American consumer.
Ostlund said those at Brooks Tropicals feel that because it’s a smaller event than major national shows yet good-sized, Southern Exposure is “a great way to touch base with our customers,” she said. “The expo provides us with a lot of opportunities to talk to our customers and potential customers interested in ramping up tropical sales. It’s nice for meeting new folks and getting reacquainted with others who we already know.”
