Trinity Fruit mourns Levon Ganajian
Trinity Fruit mourns Levon Ganajian
Levon Ganajian, vice president of retail relations for Trinity Fruit Co. and a valued member of the company for the past 10 years, died suddenly.
Since joining Trinity in 2015, Mr. Ganajian helped drive relationships and sales with current retail partners and prospects across all commodities Trinity has to offer. He was extremely personable and loved talking to everyone. His network of industry friends is extensive, as he was a leader, a mentor and an advocate for everyone he cared about in his 40-plus years in the produce industry.
“Our beautiful friendship evolved over 30 years,” said David White, president of Trinity Fruit Co. “I cannot put into words what he means to me. I was honored to have the opportunity to work together on our side of the business, a career transition he loved and mastered seamlessly. He was a wonderful husband and a very proud father. He had an incredible work ethic, and he was and is an inspiration to me. I will never be able to master cooking on the Green Egg the way he did, and I pray now that he is in Heaven, he will use the time to get some new joke material, as his wife Stacie would so often ask of him. I can’t wait to hear it.”
Before joining Trinity, Mr. Ganajian spent over 25 years in retail with Safeway, with a 14-year stint as the senior produce buyer in Visalia, CA, before relocating to Arizona in 2002 to be a national commodity manager and eventually the manager of commodities in corporate for produce in Phoenix, where he called home. His passion for produce started early in life as his first job was bagging groceries at Ralph’s Market in Los Angeles. He was an avid gardener with a genuine love of produce, family, friends and life in general.
Levon leaves behind his wife, Stacie, his son, Armand, and daughter, Gia. He will be greatly missed by his Trinity family and the produce industry.
