The key to success in the fruit business is a 100% commitment. Fruit Patch picks and packs fruit 7 days a week. This is crucial to pick the sweetest, ripest, highest maturity fruit. If you don't pick fruit on Sunday you are faced with the following dilemma. On Saturday the fruit needs another day of ripening, so do you pick the fruit a little green? Or maybe you wait until Monday, and hope that the fruit hasn't softened too much, which would cause bruising. This level of commitment has to come from the top. Leo Balakian and his sons Anthony and Vince are here every day of the fruit season. Last year we picked fruit 110 days in a row. Coordinating crews in multiple peach, plum and nectarine orchards is a daunting task. The years of experience Leo, Anthony and Vince have acquired make this possible. We pack fruit the same day it was picked. Unpacked fruit held in bins is a sure way of causing bruising and discoloration. Fruit that's picked and packed must be shipped out quickly and correctly. Vince Balakian and his staff, run the best shipping department in the fruit industry. Shipping 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Over 11 million boxes of fruit were shipped in 2003. Finally, Fruit Patch’s commitment to their customer’s needs is more that just verbal promises. Fruit Patch has recently expanded. In 2002 Fruit Patch spent over $1,000,000 and in 2003 we built more conditioning rooms at a cost of over $2,000,000. Fruit Patch is putting their money where their mouth is, that is out commitment to you.
Visit us this summer or anytime. We’ll show you how Fruit Patch manages 5,000 workers on 16,000 acres of orchards (178,000 Trees), packs over 11,000,000 boxes of Premium Fruit and loads 13,000 trucks. Anthony, Vince and Leo Balakian will show you the cultural and operational disciplines that will Deliver The Taste! to your customers every time.
