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Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. – Website Privacy Policy
Effective January 1, 2006
Last Revised 2/27/2018

1. General Statement
This privacy policy explains our on-line policies and practices pertaining to customer information. Our goal of this statement is to provide you with enough information that you feel secure about what types of information Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. collects and how it is used to better serve our customers. It is our hope that through this disclosure we are able to establish and maintain a long-term relationship with our clients. By using some of the links on this website, you may be transferred to another website not operated by Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. We are not responsible for the information that is collected by those sites, so please review the privacy policy on each site requesting information from you before providing your information, especially those that require personal or financial data.

2. Information about Our Enterprise and Website
Our purpose in creating this website is to provide you on-line information about our Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. and our products and services. This Website Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect and how that information may be used in the course of conducting our business.

3. Personally Identifiable Information We Collect From You and Methods of Collection
During a normal visit to our website, no personally identifiable information about you (1) a first and last name (2) a home or physical address, (3) an email address, (4) a telephone number, (5) any identifier that allows you to be contacted, (6) information concerning a website visitor that is used in combination with any of the six items listed above) is collected. All personal information collected from our website is provided by the website visitor voluntarily. If you opt not to provide us with personal information, you can still access our websites; however you may be unable to receive newsletters, place electronic orders, or receive product information (such as a quote on a product). Our objective in collecting personal information is to provide you the best customer service experience possible. This information is collected in order for us to provide some level of Ford’s Produce Company Inc. service or information to you. As an Example, when you indicate the wish to have us contact you, personal information such as name, mailing address, email address, type of request and possibly additional information, is collected and stored in a manner appropriate to the nature of the data and is used to fulfill the request. In your requests, an email notification may be generated to inform you of receipt of the request. This may be case when you choose to receive product information such as newsletters. The notification does not include personal information. Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. collects different types of customer information to help us assess requests for products and services, confirm facts about you and help us deliver requested products and services. We may obtain customer information from a variety of sources.

4. How We Use the Personally Identifiable Information We Collect
Personally identifiable information collected by Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. or other integrated sites may be used to:

We’ll be sending you our bi-monthly email newsletter, including the latest news about our events and new products, plus advance notice of occasional sales.
Fulfill a site user request, such as, send marketing or promotional materials, including e-mails, or other information
Fulfill and deliver an order for goods or services, such as a request for product
Respond to your comments or requests for information
Meet a request for or to develop new products or services
Contact you if necessary in the course of processing an order for products or services
Generate website analytics to help improve our site layout, content, product offerings and services
Match personal data collected here with data about you collected offline
Comply with legal requirements
Other permissible business uses

5. Anonymous Data Collected by our Website and How it is Used
In addition to the information you provide when you use our websites, Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. uses technology to collect anonymous information about the use of our websites. We use technology to track how many visitors access our websites, the date and time of their visit, the length of their stay, and which pages they view. We also use technology to determine which web browsers our visitors use and the address from which they accessed our sites. This technology does not identify you personally. It enables us to compile statistics about our visitors and their use of our sites. Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. and our affiliates use this anonymous data and share it with third parties to improve the content and functionality of our websites, to better understand our customers and markets, and to improve our products and services.

Cookies. A cookie is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies do not damage your computer and they cannot be used to discover the identity of a user. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. This enables you to decide if you want to accept it or not and whether you are required to accept the cookie to view certain content. Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. may use cookies to maintain connection with a user as he or she moves through an application or series of web pages. The purpose of cookies in this context is to remember user inputs.

6. Sharing of Personal Data
Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. may share some or all of the personal data collected through this website with our affiliates, who use this data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Both Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. and our affiliates may share personal data collected through its websites with third-party vendors who act for or on behalf of Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. or our affiliates (for example, companies that provide support services to us, including marketing/advertising firms, and others). These companies may need information about you in order to perform their functions. These companies are not authorized to use the information we share with them for any other purpose. In addition, there may be some other, limited circumstances in which Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. or our affiliates may share or transfer the personal data in our databases, for example, to comply with a legal requirement, for the administration of justice, to protect your vital interests, or in the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, or similar event. While no method of data transmission is guaranteed against unlawful third-party interception or other misuse, Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. uses commercially reasonable efforts to ensure protection of your data including industry-standard encryption and offline security methods in our physical data facilities.

7. Links to Other Websites
Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. may provide links to other websites. We encourage you to review the privacy statements of sites to which you are linked, so that you can understand how those sites collect, use and share your information. Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content or data handling practices on other websites.

8. Policy Updates/Contacting Us
Any material changes to this policy will be communicated to consumers through this website with an updated revision date. If you have any questions or comments concerning this privacy statement for Ford’s Produce Company, Inc. or have any questions regarding the contents of this website, please contact us at [email protected]

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Bell Peppers

Good Morning! Cabbage – is still going locally and quality and pricing has been really nice. Corn – Georgia is finishing for the season as Florida and Mexico start production. Volume will be light for the next couple of weeks and pricing is up. Cranberries – Are here! Get them for your holiday menus and dishes! Grapes – Are arriving at our ports from South America already, but California is still packing red seedless varieties. The overlap of growing areas should make the transition a smooth one this year. Greens – Collards, kale, turnip and mustard are all in their prime right now. They like the cooler weather and harvests are good locally. Lettuces- Iceberg lettuce, romaine, red and green leaf supplies are improving this week. Quality reports are much improved with the completion of the transition to new fields in Arizona. Pricing is much better this week. Tomatoes – We continue to see the reeling effects of Hurricane Helene and Milton. Supplies remain drastically short on all varieties and are at critical level currently. All eyes are on Mexico for them to begin their season and take the pressure off the Southeast. Peppers – Georgia’s season is officially done, as the freezing temperatures over the weekend put an end to it. Markets are still strong, as Florida is also experiencing some cooler weather, along with the lingering effects of the hurricanes this fall. We are still hopeful that Florida will be back to normal volume by the middle of the month. Colored pepper remains tight too, with farmers picking it green to reap the high prices. Potatoes – Especially sweet potatoes are a big part of menus for the holidays and fortunately there’s plenty of all varieties for your menus. Squash – Mexican fields are getting cranked up and quality and volumes are much improved. Florida farmers are getting started, but volumes are still light. I went to a pickle packing plant to see how they do it. It was jarring.

Cabbages

Good Morning! Broccoli and Cabbage – are still going locally and quality and pricing have been really nice. Celery – Rises every year in anticipation of the increased demand of the holidays. People who don’t buy celery any other time of the year have to have it for their Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes. So, just like clockwork it goes up in price every year in November and then falls off in January. Grapes – Are arriving at our ports from South America already, but California is still packing red seedless varieties. The overlap of growing areas should make the transition a smooth one this year and keep pricing very favorable. Greens – Collards, kale, turnip and mustard are all in their prime right now. They like the cooler weather and harvests are good locally. Lettuces- Of all varieties remain extremely tight as the first fields in the Yuma growing region have been slow to develop, impacted by hotter weather in the early growth stages. This transition between growing areas happens every year, but some are smoother than others. Melons – Mexican farmers are well into their season now and quality and volumes are very good. Pricing is down due to the lower freight costs on shorter delivery routes. They have plenty of cantaloupe, honeydews. Watermelons should be starting in Florida, but the hurricanes wiped out most of their crop and prices have soared on the limited supply. Tomatoes – We continue to see the reeling effects of Hurricane Helene and Milton. Supplies remain drastically short on all varieties and are reaching their most critical level currently. Peppers – Volume in Georgia continues to be down due to the hurricane damage, though Florida is trying to get harvests going. Mexico should be harvesting good volumes now but they’ve been plagued with disease and cool temperatures slowing their volume. Potatoes – Especially sweet potatoes are a big part of menus for the holidays and fortunately there’s plenty of all varieties for your menus. Squash – Especially hard squashes are popular this time of year and we have many varieties for you to choose from. I asked the bus driver “How long will the next bus be?” He said “Same length as this one.”

Celery Stalks and Cut Celery Sticks - Celery Was super-tight and spendy through the spring and early summer,

Happy Thanksgiving! Broccoli and Cabbage – Are still going locally and quality and pricing has been really nice. Celery – Rises every year in anticipation of the increased demand of the holidays. People who don’t buy celery any other time of the year have to have it for their Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes. So, just like clockwork it goes up in price every year in November and then falls off in January. Grapes – Are arriving at our ports from South America already, but California is still packing red seedless varieties. The overlap of growing areas should make the transition a smooth one this year and keep pricing very favorable. Lettuces- Of all varieties remain extremely tight as the first fields in the Yuma growing region have been slow to develop, impacted by hotter weather in the early growth stages. This transition between growing areas happens every year, but some are smoother than others. Melons – Mexican farmers are well into their season now and quality and volumes are very good. Pricing is down due to the lower freight costs on shorter delivery routes. They have plenty of cantaloupe, honeydews and watermelons, though the cooler months see a lot less demand than summertime. Tomatoes – We continue to see the reeling effects of Hurricane Helene and Milton. Supplies remain drastically short on all varieties and are reaching their most critical level currently. Peppers – Volume in Georgia continues to be down due to the hurricane damage, though Florida is trying to get harvests going. Mexico should be harvesting good volumes now but they’ve been plagued with disease and cool temperatures slowing their volume. Potatoes – Especially sweet potatoes are a big part of menus for the holidays and fortunately there’s plenty of all varieties for your menus. Q: Which side of a turkey has the most feathers? A: The outside.

Sweet Potatoes. Purple and orange

Good morning! Asparagus – Mexico continues to experience tight volumes, though production is gradually increasing as the weather cools down to temperatures more suitable for asparagus. We anticipate improvement around the last week of October, with peak production expected in November, just in time for the Thanksgiving pull. Peru is seeing strong production, and we don’t anticipate any issues in meeting demand as we prepare for the holidays. Broccoli and Cabbage – are beginning locally and will continue until frost. Lettuces- Of all varieties are higher this week. Iceberg lettuce, romaine, red and green leaf supplies are limited this week as supplies in the northern growing regions are finishing up. The southern growing region is expected to start over the next two weeks, but until then expect lettuces of all types as well as salad mixes to be higher than normal levels. Melons – Mexican farmers are well into their season now and quality and volumes are very good. Pricing is down due to the lower freight costs on shorter delivery routes. They have plenty of cantaloupe, honeydews and watermelons, though the cooler months see a lot less demand than summertime. Oranges – Quality has improved dramatically with the start of California’s Navel season. This fruit is one of the best on the market and we look forward to a great season. Tomatoes – Were drastically effected by Hurricane Helene and Milton. The path of both went right through the growing areas of Florida and Georgia and simply wiped out a large portion of the crop as well as future plantings. Also, Helene went through the Tennessee and NC mountains and wiped out their tomato crop. Prices continue to rise and we’re all waiting on Mexican farms to start harvesting to help ease the markets. Peppers – Volume in Georgia continues to be down. Yields are lower due to the bloom drop that they had during the storms. Farmers continue to harvest but please be aware that overall volume is lower. Markets are trending higher. Expect colored peppers to increase also, as the farmers will pick the peppers green to get the high prices, not letting the pepper ripen to red, yellow or orange. Potatoes – Especially sweet potatoes are a big part of menus for the holidays and fortunately there’s plenty of all varieties for your menus. Q: Where does a rainbow go when it breaks the law? A: Prism. It’s a light sentence but gives it time to reflect.

Green Peppers; with the higher pricing of green peppers, farmers will elect to pick them green rather than waiting for them to ripen to yellow or red

Good morning! Asparagus – Mexico continues to experience tight volumes, though production is gradually increasing as the weather cools down to temperatures more suitable for asparagus. We anticipate improvement around the last week of October, with peak production expected in November, just in time for the Thanksgiving pull. Peru is seeing strong production, and we don’t anticipate any issues in meeting demand as we prepare for the holidays. Blueberries – Have finally become widely available again as Argentine and Chilean fruit makes it to our shores. Prices are way down on beautiful berries. Broccoli and Cabbage – are beginning locally and will continue until frost. Corn – Georgia is just starting up but they’re finding a lot of stalks blown over from Hurricane Helene, fortunately Milton quickly skipped across Florida and didn’t affect Georgia. Product remains extremely limited, though they expected the crop to rebound in a couple of weeks. The cold weather this week has further slowed growth making corn even more tight right now. Melons – Mexican farmers are well into their season now and quality and volumes are very good. Pricing is down due to the lower freight costs on shorter delivery routes. They have plenty of cantaloupe, honeydews and watermelons, though the cooler months see a lot less demand than summertime. Oranges – Quality has improved dramatically with the start of California’s Navel season. This fruit is one of the best on the market and we look forward to a great season. Peppers – Volume in Georgia continues to be down. Yields are lower due to the bloom drop that they had during the storms. Farmers continue to harvest but please be aware that overall volume is lower. Markets are trending higher. Expect colored peppers to increase also, as the farmers will pick the peppers green to get the high prices, not letting the pepper ripen to red, yellow or orange. Potatoes – Harvest continues on russets with Idaho leading the way. Overall quality and sizing are good. Pricing is very good across the board and we believe it will stay that way until the Thanksgiving demand increases. They’re finally making a documentary about the most famous clocks. It’s about time.

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