BRIEF: Calavo Growers sells its half of Maui Fresh for $2.6 million 

BRIEF: Calavo Growers sells its half of Maui Fresh for 2.6 million

Nov 13, 2012 (Menafn - Ventura County Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --Avocado packer and grower Calavo Growers Inc. in Santa Paula said it has sold its half of Maui Fresh International for 2.6 million.

Calavo said it sold its half of the California company to San Rafael Distributing Inc. of Arizona.

Calavo had shared joint ownership of Maui Fresh with San Rafael since 2006. The entities started the venture to market, sell and distribute fresh produce from the Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Market.

Calavo said it made about 600,000 on the deal.

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