Press Releases
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Christopher DeSana joins Classic Harvest as Senior Director of Sales – Deciduous
PARAMUS, NJ— Chris DeSana joins the Classic Harvest team as Senior Director of Sales – Deciduous. In this newly created role, Mr. DeSana will lead Classic Harvest's initiative in the deciduous arena, with an emphasis on table grapes from the southern hemisphere. Prior to joining Classic Harvest, Chris worked for Sunkist, U.S. Produce Exchange, Sbrocco Int., Seald Sweet […]
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Celebrate 50 years of Sesame Street with Classic Harvest’s eat brighter!™ mandarins
PARAMUS, NJ—Classic Harvest is now shipping limited edition Sesame Street Anniversary eat brighter!™ mandarins nationally. Classic Harvest’s sweet, juicy eat brighter!™ mandarins - featuring the frenzied-but-cuddly Cookie Monster character celebrating 50 years of Sesame Street. Cookie Monster leads the charge with great eating mandarins from Peru and Chile, now shipping from southern New Jersey. “We […]
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Kids’ healthy summer habits begin now with Classic Harvest’s eat brighter!™ mandarins
PARAMUS, NJ—Sesame Street is a brand moms trust and kids love. Having Classic Harvest eat brighter!™ mandarins featuring the frenzied-but-cuddly Cookie Monster character in the produce department will help kids power through summer with healthy eating habits that can follow them all year long. Now shipping, Classic Harvest’ssweet, juicy eat brighter!™ mandarins offer retailers a nationally […]
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Classic Harvest embraces Ugly Citrus with Sweet Gold Nuggets
DINUBA, CALIF.—Classic Harvest Gold Nuggets feature an eye catching purple retro design that calls out the bumpy and ugly nature of Gold Nuggets while shouting out the sweet delicious surprise that awaits inside. Classic Harvest will be shipping Gold Nuggets now through the end of April. “We are thrilled to add Gold Nuggets to our […]
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Classic Harvest Spreads Holiday Cheer with California Navels
Classic Harvest Holiday Gift Carton features festive, sparkling graphics that give a whimsical nod to holiday gift wrap and show consumers at first glance what’s inside—fresh, juicy California navel oranges. Classic Harvest will be shipping the new holiday cartons with California navels Nov. 15–Dec. 25.
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Classic Harvest Increases eat brighter!™ Citrus Volumes
“Our California navel volume will be up 25 percent this season, complemented by increases of 15 percent on other varieties and all can be delivered in sales-boosting eat brighter! packaging,” said Jennifer Westerhoff, executive vice president of Classic Harvest. “The 2015-2016 season was our second year in the market, and we surpassed our production goals. This year we are excited to add acreage and new growers, which adds volume for eat brighter! and availability for our customers. Navels will start shipping on October 24th, navel bags will feature Elmo.”
Press Coverage
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FreshPlaza.com
California heavy in the running of its easy-peeler season
California’s mandarin/clementine season is heading into the thick of its season with a number of varieties on the go. “We’re picking W. Murcotts very heavily and we have a few Tangos that we’re also picking. And this is our first year shipping Gold Nuggets as well,” says Linda Cunningham of Dinuba, Ca.-based Classic Harvest Produce. “We’ll probably be going until the end of April, maybe the first week in may which is the usual timing for us.”
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ThePacker.com
Classic Harvest expands Eat Brighter! citrus program
The company’s navel volumes should be up about 25% this season. Volumes of other citrus varieties will likely be up 15%. In addition to the Elmo navels, Classic Harvest expects to ship: Mandarin bags featuring Cookie Monster; Blood oranges featuring Count; Lemons featuring Oscar; Minneolas featuring Ernie; Cara caras featuring Grover; Grapefruit featuring Big Bird; and Meyer lemons featuring Bert. “The 2015-2016 season was our second year in the market, and we surpassed our production goals,” Jennifer Westerhoff, executive vice president of Classic Harvest, said in the release. “This year we are excited to add acreage and new growers, which adds volume for Eat Brighter! and availability for our customers.”
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freshplaza.com
Demand for mandarins increasing, even in summer
“The demand for imported citrus during the summer increases every year, and I think that's reflective of demand for domestic fruit,” said Linda Cunningham of Classic Harvest Produce. “Big marketing programs are driving a lot of demand at the retail level, and that's helping move summer imports.”
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producebusinessuk.com
The promotional campaign brightening up the bottom line
On a more tactical, anecdotal plane, an eat brighter! retailer-supplier pair detailed their results from a March promotion aimed at families with younger children. Linda Cunningham of citrus supplier Classic Harvest and Bryan Roberts of Save-A-Lot stores teamed up for a promotion of value-priced bags of naval oranges featuring iconic Sesame Street character Elmo. Classic Harvest’s bags were promoted in 1,300–1,400 stores, and both of them reported great success. - See more at: http://www.producebusinessuk.com/marketing-pr/marketing-pr-stories/2016/08/09/the-promotional-campaign-brightening-up-the-bottom-line#sthash.86V8pDRF.dpuf
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Progressivegrocer.com
Character Marketing: It Works Proof is in the citrus bag
“Classic Harvest is a young company, and we don’t have millions of dollars to spend on branding,” Cunningham said. “We wanted to brand our products with recognizable characters; eat brighter! is an affordable option, and PMA has done all the legwork. Millennial moms know the characters, because they grew up with Sesame Street, and the artwork really resonates with children.”
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PMA.com
Classic Harvest and Save-A-Lot Find Perfect Harmony with eat brighter!™
Suppliers and retailers like you have seen great success after incorporating eat brighter! into their packaging artwork, store signage and more. Linda Cunningham of Classic Harvest and Bryan Roberts of Save-A-Lot told us how they helped each other leverage the power of the Sesame Street brand and characters with eat brighter! packaging. Watch and read their story below!
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ThePacker.com
West Coast Produce Expo booths
Linda Cunningham, president of Classic Harvest, Paramus, N.J., which markets citrus for Wes Pak, says the company’s promotion with Sesame Street’s Eat Brighter has been successful, and the company plans to continue using it.
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pma.com
“Classic Harvest and ‘eat brighter!’ Success Story”
PMA PMA posted a video,"Classic Harvest and 'eat brighter!' Success Story" on YOUTUBE
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csnews.com
WIC and eat brighter!: Synergy for Produce Sales
At PMA’s recent Fresh Connections: Retail, we heard from an eat brighter! citrus shipper, Classic Harvest, and retailer Save-A-Lot, which worked together on a value-priced bag of oranges featuring Elmo to target moms and kids, especially WIC recipients. They had a great success. Those moms saw that their supermarket cared about them and their families. Work with your suppliers in the same way to build excitement and sales in produce.
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ProduceBusiness.com
Westerhoff named to Produce Business 40 under 40
Q: What do you envision for your career in five years? A: Within our company, we are innovative, forward thinkers so it is always exciting to see what we will be pushing ahead with next. Currently, we are putting together new go-to- market strategies we’ll be rolling out over the next few years. We also have expansion plans in motion on our harvesting side that will signifi - cantly increase our California citrus production and tree fruit production over the next four years. We will be continuing to grow our import offerings on both the West and East coast. We will continue to strive to be the best we can on sustainability for our agricultural future and continue efforts with social responsibility.
