River Point, Keystone Fruit form sweet onion alliance
River Point, Keystone Fruit form sweet onion alliance
River Point Farms and Keystone Fruit Marketing customers will now have access to sweet onions year-round as a result of the companies formalizing an exclusive partnership for Hermiston Sweets and Hermiston SweetReds.
Both Hermiston Sweets and Hermiston SweetReds have undergone the same rigorous growing and sampling processes as Keystone’s Walla Walla, Vidalia and Peruvian sweet onions.
“Keystone has the reputation of being best in its class,” Bob Hale, president and chief executive officer of River Point Farms, said in a press release. “Formalizing our relationship with sweet onions means that more consumers across the world will have access to our unparalleled standard of produce.”
“I’m thrilled to be an exclusive marketer of River Point Farms’ sweet onion varieties,” Kurt Schweitzer, president of Keystone Fruit Marketing, said in the release. “Bob and I have the same expectation of quality standards, which makes this a very exciting partnership.”
While Keystone Fruit Marketing has exclusivity to sweet onions, River Point Farms’ sales teams will continue to market other yellow, red and white whole, peeled and fresh cut onions to foodservice, retail, restaurant and industrial customers all over North America.
