ONTARIO: Pride Pak has it in the bag - (TheStar.com)
February 18, 2008 – 6:11 pmSteve Karr, chief executive officer of Pride Pak, a 24-year-old Mississauga-based fresh produce processing company, was quoted as saying in this story that, “People don’t understand what it takes to supply something simple like salad in a pouch.”
The story sys that Pride Pak processes about 1 million pounds of cut fruits and vegetables a week. The produce goes to restaurants and retail stores under a variety of brand names. Pride Pak also exports about 20 per cent of its produce to the U.S.
There’s a long list of what this business depends on, and what can go wrong: produce supplies, weather, long-distance transport and labour. Add to that environmental and food safety concerns such as the E-coli-tainted spinach incident that involved a U.S.-based company last year and it’s a hugely complex business.
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