SiCar Farms, long known for its consistency and quality in the lime business, has taken steps to extend its strong roots into a variety of key produce items. “With over 25 years of growing and marketing limes, we are able to apply our expertise as a grower and vertically integrated supplier to many other products our customers are seeking,” explains Luis Gudino, CEO.
During the past year, SiCar Farms (formerly LimexSicar) has brought online approximately 100 acres of shadehouse production for Roma tomatoes. This is the first of three stages to be completed by 2018 giving Sicar approximately 275 acres of shadehouse for Roma, round and grape tomatoes as well as a high tech packinghouse. The company also has expanded acreage of fresh pineapple by adding 400 new acres and plans to add to this to supplement production for year round supply.
Over the past three years, SiCar Farms has added mangos, papayas, coconuts and organics to its repertoire, all sourced from Colima, Veracruz, Jalisco and Michoacán on company-operated farms. Recently added to the product list is Jack Fruit - a huge round fruit producing many different flavors within the same fruit. Tastings from people trying it for the first time reveal flavors similar to banana, pineapple, mango, guava, orange, and strawberry. SiCar’s expanded product line will be marketed under the SiCar Farms brand. Of course, the company will also continue being a major lime supplier, still marketed under the LimexSicar brand.
The goal of the expansion is to enable SiCar to offer even more to customers including consistent, reliable sourcing throughout a wider array of products. “Customers become comfortable with a label and with service level,” explains Gudino. “It’s time consuming and costly to have to switch suppliers. Our efforts in expanding our line, concentrate on providing more variety and more convenience to our customers – giving them the ability to source more products from the SiCar system they already know and trust.”
For more information:
Luis Gudino
SiCar Farms
+1 956 581 6080