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Harvesting Food Trends
A mango-centric exploration of the year’s most anticipated influences Food trends are often a bit waggish, but the current buzzing trends seem poised for positive impact and that excites me. I think the timing is ripe for all of us in mangoes and produce to take a thoughtful look and see how we can…
Continue ReadingCultivating #MangoJoy for Profit
The ROI of Crespo’s Summer Mango Mania promotion I know I live in a world that doesn’t register ROI in happiness, let alone recognize the monetary value of #MangoJoy. I am, however, acutely aware that #MangoJoy has value and that when we work together to cultivate it, building comprehensive mango programs that encircle it, everyone…
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The Cinco de Mayo show goes on, despite supply complexities A single mango goes a long way: in recipes and in creating #MangoJoy for consumers. Mangoes don’t have to be dirt cheap or in heaping abundance for a consumer to feel the sweet tropical satisfaction and joy that comes from eating and using mangoes. As…
Continue ReadingMy Equipo’s Recipe for Success
Those that feast together grow together Someone recently claimed that recipes have no place in buyer-focused produce marketing. That someone doesn’t know my history with buyers or recipes nor does that person connect the dots between farms and tables, like I do. That someone has probably never witnessed the excitement over the vibrant consumer…
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El Grupo Crespo/RCF’s Unstoppable Women I shared my thoughts on this International Women’s Day in another post: “Where Is the Spine of International Women’s “Day”? Building Bridges: Diversity & Inclusion. In that post I call on my fellow industry peers to welcome more diversity and inclusion on their teams, to their marketing streams, and beyond.…
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Proper Ataulfo handling practices increase sales and consumer satisfaction El Grupo Crespo grows exceptional Ataulfo mangoes. They grow the Ataulfos in ideal microclimates that yield their signature flavor – sweet, sugar-caramel with a tinge of spice. If you ask me, it can only be created in Mexico. The Ataulfo mango, a Mexican cultivar, is puro…
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Summer Mango Mania Education (The People) Event Description: Crespo Organic is a Mexican Organic produce brand specializing in the production, distribution and marketing of organic mangoes. The brand is part of El Grupo Crespo, a Mexican family business that began around 1960 with local market chili peppers and which rapidly expanded into production and packing…
Continue ReadingEmpaque don Jorge (El Original)
Boasting the most efficient and modern mango pack house around Disclaimer: This is a boastful and prideful post about a packing house that I truly believe in. I’m one of a few globally well-traveled industry folks with an extremely diverse make up of commodities, markets, cultures and systems. I have seen a lot of packing…
Continue ReadingCelebrating Courageous, Confident Women
Confident, courageous women #BreaktheBias I have some OPINIONS about today, if you have interest- these are my opinions, keep that in mind! International Women’s Day comes up every year and, like those other weird 24-hour holidays like Father’s Day or Mother’s Day whose concepts seem like they should stretch beyond a mere 24-hour day, it…
Continue ReadingGratitude for Organic Farmers
A pause for appreciation for those that feed us, organically I learned about gratitude as a little girl. It was not taught to me in school or by my parents or by my country. It was taught to me by Nicaraguans. Poor Nicaraguans to be specific, who had nothing much of physical, monetary, or economic…
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