Dive Brief:
- Del Monte Fresh has opened a 108,000 square-foot fresh cut facility in Oshawa, Ontario - the company's first plant dedicated to ready-to-eat products in Canada.
- The new facility will process and ship fresh cut fruits, vegetables, and salads - including the company's new line of protein-heavy salads - throughout the Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa metropolitan areas.
- The plant opens less than a year after Del Monte Fresh opened its first distribution center for bulk produce in Canada.
Dive Insight:
When Del Monte Fresh announced its most recent earnings a few weeks ago, the most notable detail was that sales in North America were rising, while sales in Europe were falling. Given that - and no doubt Del Monte Fresh has been aware of such trends for awhile - the move to add capacity in Canada seems like a wise one.