Publication date: January 23, 2013
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Publication date: January 2, 2013
A wintertime display of vibrantly colored, fresh papayas can brighten a shopper’s day and inspire thoughts of warm, sunny days or lush tropical isles. Any time is a good time to sell tropical fruit, but a display of ripe papayas provides a psychological lift for shoppers on a gloomy winter day, says Eric Crawford, president […]
Publication date: September 14, 2012
The tropical fruit category is fast becoming a foodservice favorite. “We’re seeing tropicals — at least mangoes — becoming more popular in foodservice operations than they have been in the past,” said Charlie Eagle, vice president of business development for Southern Specialties Inc., Pompano Beach, Fla. Chefs like mangoes because the fruit has excellent flavor […]
Publication date: March 21, 2012
The importer’s international operations executive Lorenz Hartmann de Barros, said the rain had affected the flowering of Brazil’s papayas in Espírito Santo state in the southeast of the country. “Right now we are struggling with a shortage – we are hoping April will be better because there will be new crops and areas coming on stream,” he […]
Publication date: December 17, 2011
The quarantine of Mexican papayas because of salmonella fears this fall had a bigger effect on large papayas than smaller fruit, said Homero Levy de Barros, president of Plantation, Fla.-based HLB Tropical Food. Markets for smaller papayas stayed relatively steady, Barros said, but some large fruit doubled in price. “It was a big disruption in […]
Publication date: December 16, 2011
After 13 years of focusing exclusively on papayas, Plantation, Fla.-based HLB Tropical Food is broadening its horizons, said Homero Levy de Barros, the company’s president. Mangoes, limes and avocados are now on the company’s Central American roster. Barros is the first to admit he’s no expert on mangoes, limes and avocados. But he eventually wants […]
Publication date: January 1, 2011
HLB Tropical Foods provides a high-graphic box for retail stacking, which according to Homero Levy de Barros, president of HLB Tropical Foods, Plantation, Fla., has increased sales by 50% for some of his retailers. He also recommends sampling programs in conjunction with a “Fruit of the Month” program, which gives retailers more bang for the […]
