We are excited to announce our Eat Beautifully – Summer Salad Sweepstakes with Farm Star Living, a national lifestyle online brand promoting the farm-to-everything movement. One lucky winner will win $500 to a local grocery store plus a YEAR’S supply of Taylor Farms Organic Salads – a perfect way to keep summer going all year long! One runner-up will also win a YEAR’S supply of Taylor Farms Organic Salads.
To enter the Taylor Farms’ Eat Beautifully – A Summer Salad Sweepstakes, just visit our website at www.taylorfarms.com, no purchase required. To better your chances you can enter daily and also visit social media outlets to earn extra entries. The sweepstakes runs now – July 31. Winners will be announced on the Farm Star Living and Taylor Farms’ Facebook sites early August.
Yesterday ten deserving students who are children of active, full-time Taylor Farms employees received $5,000 scholarships from the company to help advance their collegiate careers. The scholarships will be renewed annually, up to four years, as long as the students remain enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs.
This afternoon the scholarships were presented at a luncheon hosted by Taylor Farms and Mark Campion, President of Taylor Farms Retail. For the first time, the scholarship checks were presented in Spanish by Rigo Ramirez, Director of Operations, Taylor Farms Retail.
Rigo Ramirez of Taylor Farms Retail awarding Angelica Romero with a $5,000 scholarship check
Though the company has been awarding scholarships since 2008, the Scholarship Program was developed formally in 2012. The 12-member selection committee includes six people from Taylor Farms’ Retail division and six from the Foodservice division who serve two-year terms. To date, the company has awarded $320,000 in first time scholarships and an additional $220,000 in renewal scholarships.
Mark Campion and Bruce Taylor with all scholarship recipients in attendance at the 2016 luncheon
“We believe strongly in providing the children of our valued employees the opportunity to pursue their collegiate dreams and succeed,” said Stacey Bolding, Human Resources Manager, Taylor Farms and Scholarship Chair. It is the pathway to rewarding careers in the fields of their own choosing.”
This year’s recipients include:
Salvador Ramirez – California State University, Monterey Bay
Paloma Villa – San Diego State University
Cindy Alvalos – California State University, Monterey Bay
Adela Contreras – University of California, Davis
Yessenia Isabel Acosta Terrazas – Arizona State University
Angelica Romero – California Polytechnic State University
Luis A. Valencia – University of Arizona
Brenda Cecilia Lee Rodriguez – California State University, Chico
Keztla Ramirez – University of Arizona
Madeline Saldana – University of California, Berkeley
Bruce Taylor congratulating all scholarship recipients and their families
We are proud to support our employees and their families and to help bright young people achieve their full academic potential.
Taylor Farms made a big splash at this year’s United Fresh Produce Association Expo, June 20-22 at McCormick Place in Chicago. At the event, we unveiled our latest salad innovation, participated in a major panel discussion, took home one major award and were a finalist for another of the organization’s most prestigious honors.
We’re thrilled that David Offerdahl, Taylor Farms’ Director of Ag Engineering, Harvest Automation, received the FreshTech Achievement Award during the expo in recognition of his outstanding service in the field of technology and automated harvesting. United Fresh said the award “honors an individual who has made significant technical contributions to the fresh produce industry.”
David Offerdahl, Taylor Farms’ Director of Ag Engineering
Taylor Farms Team at United Fresh Show Floor
With its focus on produce innovation and creativity, The United Fresh Expo also was the perfect place for Taylor Farms to introduce the brand new Chef Crafted Salad Blends and to solidify our position as the fastest selling chopped salad kit brand with the most extensive line up in the industry.
Chef Crafted, our new product line featuring six distinctive blends that include unique greens, herbs, vegetables and fruit packaged together, was a finalist for a coveted Produce Innovation Award. United Fresh focuses special attention on new products and innovations like Chef Crafted “because they contribute substantially to the fresh and fresh-cut produce industry’s success.”
Another highlight at the expo was a panel of produce company leaders, including Mark Campion, President of Taylor Farms Retail, speaking on “Fresh Foods: The Retail Revolution.”
In his remarks, Campion said a key demographic shift among American consumers is the rise of dual income households. He said that, in 1960, only about 25 percent of U.S. households were dual income and will reach 70 percent by 2020.
He said the challenge to industry is to offer added value and convenience in quick “made in a minute” meal solutions.
“Fifteen years ago, bagged salads were an innovation, but that is no longer good enough,” he said noting that Taylor Farms’ new Chef Crafted Salads answer the call for greater sophistication and variety, offering herbs, fruits, veggies, leafy greens and other ingredients.
He also said about half of consumers eat meals by themselves and that Taylor Farms is looking at serving size and affordability as it reaches consumers in supermarkets, convenience stores and other alternative formats.
Every year, the United Fresh Produce Association brings together companies across every segment of the fresh produce supply chain, including growers, shippers, fresh-cut processors, wholesalers, distributors, retailers, foodservice operators, industry suppliers and allied associations.
It’s National Eat Your Veggies Day and our Taylor Farms Snack Trays are the perfect way to celebrate while getting your daily servings of fresh veggies.
According to a recent survey from Humana and Reader’s Digest, fewer than 26 percent of American adults eat the recommended 3-5 servings of vegetables a day. That means three out of every four of us miss out on the beneficial nutrients in vegetables that help keep our skin healthy, improve eyesight and help decrease the risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Our Snack Trays provide a range of choices so you can have a different snack every day of the week, including:
Healthy Harvest, featuring delectable apples, sweet carrots, premium cheddar cheese and raw packed almonds.
Little Dipper, with carrots, crisp celery, waffle pretzels, juicy tomatoes and Hidden Valley Ranch Dip.
Lovin’ Veggies is packed with carrots, celery, tomatoes and creamy Hidden Valley Ranch dip.
Protein Punch gives you a kick to get through your day with cheddar cheese, almonds, broccoli, and Hidden Valley Ranch dip.
Pure Veggies is our organic option with organic carrots, organic broccoli, and organic tomatoes and ranch dip.
Better Cheddar is loaded with waffle pretzels, premium cheddar cheese, carrots, tomatoes, broccoli, and Hidden Valley Ranch dip.
Bursting with Goodness includes broccoli, carrots and juicy tomatoes with Hidden Valley Ranch dip.
You can find our Snack Trays at Save Mart and Lucky’s, Stater Brothers, Wal-Mart and Safeway.
On National Eat Your Veggies Day and every other day of the year, be sure to grab Taylor Farms Snack Trays. Your taste buds and your body will thank you.
Taylor Farms continues the tradition of product innovation with the introduction of our new Chef Crafted Salad Blends. Chef Crafted is a sophisticated line of salad blends aimed at revitalizing the value-added blend segment and meeting evolving consumer demands.
Our new product line features six distinctive blends, including tasty combinations of greens, herbs, vegetables and fruit packaged together in our TaylorClear™ packaging. Leveraging our patented technology, TaylorClear™ highlights the ingredients for shoppers and creates an ideal environment for salads, resulting in 14 days of freshness.
Chef Crafted Apples and Greens
“The new Chef Crafted line not only caters to consumers’ taste preferences, but also addresses the need to prepare a fresh, healthy meal in minutes,” said Kacie Vieth Ragsdale, Director of Product Development, Taylor Farms Retail. “In meeting with consumers, we heard clearly that this collection of salads offers the visual and taste experience typically found in premium, restaurant-style salads.”
Chef Crafted salads follow Taylor Farms’ successful first- to- market chopped salad kits, which deliver on consumers’ demand for convenience without compromising freshness, variety or flavor. Chef Crafted salad blends are currently available at west coast grocery stores and will be available nationwide by fall 2016.
Kale and Beet, with Green Kale, Red Kale, Beets, Carrots and Red Cabbage.
Snappy Spinach, with Baby Spinach, Baby Red Butter Lettuce, Grape Tomatoes and Carrots.
Summer Love, with Romaine, Kale, Carrots, Broccoli, Green Onions and Sweet Mini Peppers.
Apples and Greens, with Spring Mix, Apples and Carrots.
Greens and Sunshine, with Baby Red Butter Lettuce, Romaine, Grape Tomatoes, Radishes, Green Onions, Broccoli and Carrots.
Southwestern Crunch, with Romaine, Cabbage, Carrots, Cilantro, Green Onions.
We’re honored that our new Chef Crafted product line is also a finalist for the 2016 Produce Innovation Award at the upcoming the United Fresh Produce Association expo in Chicago.
Take an exclusive behind the scenes look as the Taylor Farms team discusses the excitement, innovation, technology, and drive that has led to the Chef Crafted debut.
You can find our Snack Trays at Save Mart and Lucky’s, Stater Brothers, Wal-Mart and Safeway.
