IN THIS Oregon Cherry Growers: ISSUE: Sweet Success Business Lessons From Grumpy Cat Managing Principal Brent Morrison’s take on what we can learn from the internet phenom.
One of the mantras here at Morrison & Company is that chocolate makes anything better. And we’ve found that there’s no better way to get our daily fruit servings than by snacking on dark chocolate covered cherries grown and
Morrison Client Corner Exciting things are happening for some of our current clients and we welcome some new clients too!
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produced by Oregon Cherry Growers. Founded in 1932, Oregon Cherry Growers is a grower-owned cooperative of family farms cultivating, processing, and marketing the finest fruit from orchards in Oregon’s bountiful Willamette Valley and Columbia River Gorge. They supply fresh, maraschino, dried and frozen sweet cherries, blueberries, strawberries, and other fruits to customers worldwide. Packing and processing an average of 25,000 to 30,000 tons of cherries annually, Oregon Cherry Growers is the largest producer and processor of sweet cherries in the world. Their processed fruit is sold to restaurants, bakeries, and confectioners around the globe, and used to flavor well-known products from companies such as Haagen-Dazs, Ben & Jerry’s, and Russell Stover. The company also sells maraschino cherries and dried fruits, including the chocolate covered cherries that are a hit in our office, under the Royal Harvest brand. Products are sold online at oregoncherryonline.com and select WinCo and
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Sprouts Food stores. Oregon Cherry Growers was one of the first to perfect the revolutionary preserving method that is now standard in maraschino cherry production, and today continues the tradition of innovation. In fact, they were recently recognized Continued on next page >
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