Mission Produce scoops up Chilean avocado company

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Mission Produce scoops up Chilean avocado company

By Dana Olsen / Friday, October 21st, 2011 / Comments Off on Mission Produce scoops up Chilean avocado company

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Nearly three decades after Oxnard’s Mission Produce became the first U.S. company to import avocados from Chile, the avocado giant is expanding its South American operations with an investment in Cabilfrut. Mission announced on Oct. 13 that it signed an agreement to buy 50 percent of Cabilfrut S.A., a Santiago-based avocado packer and marketer. The…

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