COMMERCE, CA — Great West Produce Inc., here, recently hired a new salesman, Tim Warren, “who has been around the industry for a little over 30 years,” according to Sean Villa, president of the company. Mr. Warren was previously with Pacific Sons Produce in Los Angeles (not to be confused with Pacific Sun Distributing in Los Angeles).

LOS ANGELES — Pacific Sun Distributing Inc., here, is primarily a mixed load consolidator that ships products by truck, ocean or air to customers throughout the United States and globally from its refrigerated warehouse in this Los Angeles suburb.

Tod Kanegae, Andrew Holzinger, George Menendez, Elvia Menendez, and Blas Rodriguez of Consolidated West.

Tavilla Sales Co. of Los Angeles, which is headquartered in Los Angeles and has branch offices in Nogales and Phoenix, AZ, has recently opened a new company called Vision Produce Partners of Texas LLC in Pharr, TX, near McAllen.

LOS ANGELES — Third-party food-safety certification is not a new thing for D. DeFranco & Sons, here. The company has been AIB certified for some years. However, in spite of the excellent reputation of the AIB certification, some customers, it seems, prefer that their suppliers have food-safety certification through Primus Labs.

Del Fresco, based in the Kingsville/Leamington, ON, area, grows and ships staple, experimental and niche gourmet greenhouse items. Since the start of operation over 35 years ago, the company has increased the size of its acreage to over 50 times that of the original acreage.