Important News

Hello everyone and welcome to 2021!!

I hope everyone is doing and staying well. I know week to week can certainly come with new challenges, but know that we are here to help.

Produce remains pretty constant for this time of year. Apples are always a nice choice, both sliced and whole. Also think of using a different color or variety. Citrus is in peak season at the moment. We have oranges, tangerines, and cuties. Try them all. The cara cara orangs will soon be finished, so get them while you can. Kiwi is always a great choice to use. It is a super fruit and with the cold, flu, and now covid season upon us, it makes a wonderful choice. It is also a great breakfast fruit. Leave the skin on, quarter, and serve like an orange wedge. Pears are also a good choice. Grapes too as you can mix the colors. Cantaloupe and honeydews are a nice choice for the season and different. Tomatoes and strawberries are creeping up in price but that should change soon.

Think variety and think FRESH… Think outside the box. mix things up and the kids will love the variety and change. If you have any questions, we are here to help! We appreciate you and all you do to help us keep things going in these difficult times.

Don Welborn

Our drivers are now required to wear some type of protective face covering. This can be a mask, face shield, or a face covering. They should enter your building with these on. If a driver does NOT have one of these, we ask that you kindly require then to go back to the company vehicle and get one before you allow them to enter your facility. Also, if you have any issues with this, please contact us immediately to let us know our drivers are not in compliance with the policy. Keep in mind that this is a new normal and may take a little bit to get used to. We may all look a little different when all you can see is eyes, but you should recognize your driver by uniform. Feel free to ask them to lower their mask or face covering at the door to be identified. We are not out to scare anyone.

Our drivers are encouraged to do very FREQUENT hand washing throughout the day. Each driver will be carrying hand sanitizer and disposable gloves with them during every delivery or when needed. We encourage them to sanitize their hands as frequently as they can.

Our employees are also told if they are experiencing ANY symptoms, they are to stay home and not enter out building at any time. If they experience ANY symptoms during business hours, the are told to immediately report it to us and to not enter any of your facilities.

We have equipment here at Carolina Produce that we use daily to monitor our driver’s temperatures. We hope that this will help in keeping everyone as safe and as healthy as possible.

Re:  Romaine Recall November 2019

All of our products containing Romaine Lettuce came from Newma, AZ and all the Romaine involved in the recall came from Salinas, California.  Any product you have from us would be safe. As always, if you have any questions please feel free to give us a call.