Five Crowns, a family-owned third-generation grower, packer, shipper and processor of fresh produce, is opening a new facility in Tracy, CA with partner GloriAnn Farms. The facility will expand the value-added corn program and offer regional distribution of other core products.
Scheduled to open in April 2021, GloriAnn Farm’s new state-of-the-art processing facility will more than double capacity to produce its value-added line of products. It also provides greater flexibility to manage unforeseen issues.
“If 2020 taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected,” said Mark Bacchetti, co-owner of GloriAnn Farms. “Last year we faced numerous obstacles hindering our ability to keep up with significantly increased demand for packaged corn. Needless to say, we will be ready with this new facility and look forward to continuing to grow the value-added sweet corn category with our retail partners.”
The new facility in Tracy, CA allows Five Crowns to increase its acreage on both bulk corn and melons by providing the cold storage capacity to cool and ship more product regionally.
In addition to housing the Northern California sales staff, the multipurpose facility will also allow Five Crowns to increase its acreage on both bulk corn and melons by providing the cold storage capacity to cool and ship more product regionally.
“This new facility sets us up to handle the additional volume that we will grow, giving us the much-needed capacity to cool and ship from Northern California,” says Joe Colace, co-owner of Five Crowns Marketing. “One of our goals is to be as sustainable as possible while maintaining efficiencies and we look forward to adding solar to this new facility just as we did with our Brawley property.”
The strategic placement of the new facility positions both companies to better serve its customers along the West Coast with enhanced efficiencies. This new facility gives Five Crowns the ability to continue providing solutions to customers with the opportunity to expand core products in California.
“As with any facility, location is key in allowing us to provide both supply and logistical solutions for our customer partners to help drive efficiencies wherever we can,” said Bill Colace, co-owner of Five Crowns. “We can now consolidate and deliver in both southern and northern California, while more than doubling our capacity.”
For more information:
Daren Van Dyke
Five Crowns
Tel: +1 (760) 344-1933
dvandyke@fivecrowns.com
www.FiveCrowns.com