Fresh Select Seeks To Add 341 New Employees With Tax Credit
June 17, 2014 Fresh Select, a Dinuba, CA, packinghouse and cold storage company is in line for the new California Competes Tax Credit, one of 31 companies across the state selected to participate in the new program.
Fresh Select, LLC, is the only Central Valley company in the running for $500,000 out of a total of about $30 million in tax credits available. A committee is scheduled to vote on the first round of tax credits June 19, in Sacramento.
As part of the tax credit agreement, Fresh Select, LLC plans to significantly ramp up employment, with 22 full-time employees this year and adding approximately to 352 people through the 2018 tax year. Fresh Select, LLC currently employs approximately 250 employees during peak seasons and packs up to 1,000 bins a day in a single shift. The agreement calls for nearly $6 million in company investments, including the purchase of new equipment to increase operations, through 2018, the tax credit period.
Fresh Select, LLC packs citrus, including easy peelers, pomegranates, Asian pears and other tree fruit, for global distribution. In the last two years alone, Fresh Select, LLC has installed a new MAF sizer with global scan for frost separation and defect and color sorting as well as soft goose neck bin fillers that are gentle enough for apples. New Giro baggers have been installed to meet retail demands. Other improvements have been made to the state-of-the-art facility to be more energy efficient. The facility is equipped with ozone in cold storage facilities and a refrigerated loading dock for decay control. This facility also has multiple de-greening/ripening rooms.
Source: Fresh Select news release
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