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Missouri Mango Joy!
The Crespo Organic Kitchen & marketing offices relocate to the Ozarks Much like children needing to live where their parents go, the Crespo Organic Kitchen has to move when I do. So, when I decided to move to Table Rock Lake in the Ozarks, it was mandatory that the Crespo Organic Kitchen and the marketing…
Continue ReadingImminent End for Mexican Mango Season
Hot & dry Mochis weather yields ripe Keitts, season end is here Short read: The season is ending abruptly. We are ending on a high note. One of the most important factors in my “successful” organic mango career is learning to end on a high note. At the personal level, I have maneuvered through various…
Continue ReadingMexican Mango Season Cessation Nears
Big Kents, gigantic Keitts, rain delays and a lack of 10’s pressure us all And, of course, it’s not like COVID-19 is no longer an issue… It would be a gigantic understatement to say this season has been an odd one. While I have said this for consecutive seasons, I really do mean it about…
Continue ReadingAtaulfo Season Ending
Are we every really prepared for good things to end? In recent years, Ataulfo mangoes have become a staple of many mango programs across the USA and Canada. Fruit eaters have warmed to this deliciously sweet and texturally silky mango. The path to increase consumer appreciation has not been easy for the Ataulfo, whose skin…
Continue ReadingA Statement from El Grupo Crespo
“We stand for equality, justice and respect for all beings” En Español It’s difficult for me to joyously post, teach about mangoes and continue to educate (or propagandize might be a better word) when the world seems to be at such a distinct moment in time, on the brink of a major shift in collective…
Continue ReadingThe Crespo Big Box!
A stronger box in the midst of chaos to ease the burden in building bigger displays of #MuchosMangoes A few weeks ago I thought things were tough in our industry. With the Corona virus spreading through the USA at an alarming rate, mango sales and specifically the size of mango displays were not getting…
Continue ReadingIce Cream & Mangoes
Obsessions and more obsessions and white chocolate ripples Often when I share that I don’t really love eating mangoes, people gasp. I’m more than certain they are thinking, “how is it possible that this woman represents an entire mango brand, leading its recipe development when she doesn’t like mangoes?” In my mind I still feel…
Continue ReadingMango “Quarentini’s”
Pick your poison: from classic to weird mango cocktails & mocktails to keep you at home for the long haul Wherever you are and whatever your viewpoint is on quarantine or no quarantine, mask or no mask… one thing that most can agree on is that a cocktail at home tastes rather good these days.…
Continue ReadingEmpaque Don Jorge Opens
Empaque Don Jorge Opens Amidst Heightened Demand & COVID-19 El Grupo Crespo’s Home Packhouse Offers Relief to Crespo & Other Brands *All photos are pre- remodel, new photos coming soon! El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico – Empaque Don Jorge I (EDJI) opened last week for the season. EDJI is the hometown packhouse of El Grupo Crespo…
Continue ReadingTransitioning Regions
Volumes, Quality, Opportunities, Uncertainties, Confusions & COVID-19 Chatter about ‘normal life’ is peppering the air these days: When will we be returning to it? What will it look like when we get there? What’s the economic forecast? …And so on, and so forth. Like pretty much everyone else, I don’t have answers to these particular…
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