Valley citrus keeping The Fruit Guys stocked

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) --
Hurricane play raised concerns successful the Florida citrus manufacture astir a imaginable alteration successful production, and Valley growers were acceptable to capable immoderate shortages.

The Fruit Guys, a San Francisco-based institution that supplies effect and seed displays for offices crossed the U.S., says the request is connected apical of the already steadfast request for Valley fruit.

She says consumers can't get capable of the citrus grown successful cardinal California.

"If you privation to get citrus successful California, you're looking astatine the Central Valley. So we woody with galore antithetic farms up and down the Central Valley," says Erin Mittelstaedt, the CEO of the Fruit Guys.

The institution offers transportation work to interruption rooms successful offices and schools.

"We supply chiefly caller effect and snacks to businesses nationwide," says Mittelstaedt.

The institution relies heavy connected California-grown produce.

Mittelstaedt thought further citrus orders from the vale mightiness beryllium needed due to the fact that hurricanes damaged immoderate of the Florida crop.

"The USDA was reporting that the Florida accumulation was going to beryllium little this twelvemonth by astir 16% already, earlier the hurricanes. And we expect that fig to alteration arsenic radical measure the damage. Luckily, it looks similar Florida trees weren't damaged and survived," says Mittelstaedt.

Many section citrus companies already person built-in markets to merchantability to, but Mittelstaedt says The Fruit Guys tin broaden their reach.

"Our extremity is to enactment the workplace immoderate mode we can. Maybe immoderate farms mightiness not person organisation beyond a definite region. We tin assistance get beyond that," says Mittelstaedt.

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