Harry Sbragia, Rick Sbragia and Abel Garcia of JMB Distributing Inc.

NOGALES, AZ — “We specialize in beans,” said Harry Sbragia, president of JMB Distributing Inc., here.

Eric Meyer, Kristina Federico, Mari Davidson, Frank Camera, Denise Quiroga and Matt Mandel of SunFed.

NOGALES, AZ — SunFed, which continues on a growth mode this

Gabriel [Gabe] Nuñez, who since spring 2010 had been general manager of the newly formed Nogales, AZ-based Natural Flavor Produce LLC, along with three of the growers who were partners at Natural Flavor have joined with a fourth grower to form a new company, Golden Desert Produce LLC, also in Nogales.

NOGALES, AZ — Farmer’s Best International LLC, here, in its marketing outreach to its retail customers, is offering retailers an assortment of marketing tools as part of a program the company calls a “retail toolbox,” according to Veronica Kraushaar, owner of Viva Global Marketing LLC and a consultant to Farmer’s Best.

NOGALES, AZ — Farmer’s Best International LLC, here, will have an increased acreage in nearly all commodities for the 2011-12 season, according to Steve Yubeta, vice president of sales.

“Across the board, our acreage is up,” he said Nov. 10. “It is not a big percentage ... but we continue to grow.”

NOGALES, AZ — Big Chuy Distributors & Sons Inc., here, is in the watermelon business 12 months a year with production from several areas.

“Right now, we are coming out of Hermosillo and Guaymas” in the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa, said Jesus (Chuy) Lopez Jr., the company’s president, in an interview with The Produce News Nov. 10. Around mid-December, production will shift south to the state of Jalisco, and run there for about three months. “Then we will start pack up in Guaymas and Hermosillo in the spring deal,” which will continue into July.