In this Issue:
Cooperative Stands for Quality and Commitment
Pacific Coast Producers A look at the largest producer of private-label canned fruit and tomato products in the United States.
Morrison & Company’s Managing Principal Brent Morrison met Pacific Coast Producers CFO Matt Strong when
Who Does That?
Brent was short of cash at a city parking lot and Matt, noticing the problem, chipped in $4 to cover the fee. Not
Some projects don’t fit a neat
knowing each other, they later found they were attending the same conference and struck up a conversation and a
description. Chances are that
friendship. We have since learned that Matt’s actions were typical of the PCP way: care, commitment, and service
our industry-tested professionals
beyond the call.
can help.
Most consumers don’t know the name, but if you’ve shopped for groceries anywhere in the United States you’ve
Morrison Snapshots
probably put Pacific Coast Producers’ fine products in your cart. Founded in 1971, Pacific Coast Producers is the largest producer of private label canned fruit and tomato products in the United States. When you see private label canned fruit, canned tomato products, or fruit cups at any supermarket, big box, or club store, odds are it was “canned fresh” by PCP.
Headquartered in the heart of California’s fertile Central Valley, PCP is proud of its grower-backed, customer-focused The Morrison team celebrated
business philosophy. As a grower-owned cooperative, hundreds of third- and fourth-generation family farmers
a wedding this summer! In
partner to provide the ripest tomatoes, sweetest peaches, and the most flavorful apricots and pears of every harvest.
addition to other happenings,
In addition to offering a wide variety of canned items, including apricots, fruit cocktail, fruit mix, peaches, and pears,
Consultant Toni Scott tied the
the company also specializes in cherries, tomatoes, organic fruits and tomatoes, plums, plastic fruit bowls, mandarin
knot. Here she is pictured with
oranges, sun-dried tomatoes, tropical fruits, pineapple, and fire-roasted tomatoes.
husband Nick Wilson.
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Newsletter | summer 2014