Bob and Rick Hale claim controlling interest of River Point Farms

River Point Farms, America’s largest onion producer, today announces that brothers Bob and Rick Hale have bought back control of River Point Farms. On August 15, 2013, the Hale brothers led an investment that also included new investor and strategic partner Taylor Farms as well as existing shareholder CIC Partners. The cooperative transaction closed making the Hale brothers once again controlling partners of River Point Farms. Bob and Rick Hale also own and operate Hale Farms; a 37 year old first generation diversified family farming operation.

River Point Farms and its sales team will remain focused on their food service program business, but also have plans to begin expanding their retail business solutions as well, working with strategic partner Curry and Company, Brooks, Oregon. The Hale brothers say they will invest in facilities and equipment for the operation, which includes plans for offering retail-ready products in discussion with strategic partner Taylor Farms, Salinas, California. According to Hale, the onion producer has several new strategic partnerships and affiliations which position them to expand their growing, production, packing, shipping and product offerings over the next several months.

River Point Farms is the largest red onion grower in the country, with 450 million pounds of overall onion volume each year. The onion producer has in-house growers with operations in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California, with a national distribution to all 50 states and Canada.

“We want our customers to know that we remain fully committed to providing a very high standard of quality with our onions and with the service and supply that they have come to trust and rely on for their businesses,” Hale said. “As we look to the future, we see growth and opportunity for River Point Farms, our current customers and our potential customers with new and improved capabilities.”

For more information:
Bob Hale
Tel: 541-567-4781
Email: Bob.hale@riverpointfarms.com
www.riverpointfarms.com