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Encyclopedia > Driscoll's
Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc.
Type Private
Founded 1944
Headquarters Watsonville, California, USA
Key people Miles Reiter, CEO
Products Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, and Specialty Berries.
Website www.driscolls.com

Driscoll's is the brand name of Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc., a Watsonville, California-based producer and distributor of fresh berries. Driscoll's is the leading supplier and marketer of organic and non-organic (conventional) berries in the world, including strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and specialty berries. A third-generation, family-owned company founded in the 1940s, Driscoll's utilizes traditional plant breeding and hybridization methods to develop plant varieties (genetic breeds) that produce berries. This plant material is then patented, cultivated in its nurseries and supplied to its independent farming partners around the world who grow Driscoll’s brand berries. A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Watsonville is a city located in Santa Cruz County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Strawberries Promo Strawberries is an album by The Damned released October 1982 on Bronze Records (catalogue #BRON 542). ... Raspberries has multiple meanings: For the tart fruit of the plant Rubus idaeus, see Raspberry. ... This article is about the fruit. ... For other uses, see Blueberry (disambiguation). ... This article is about the fruit. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... Watsonville is a city located in Santa Cruz County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... This article is about the fruit. ... Organic may refer to: Look up organic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The word conventional refers to things which are based on or conform with accepted or established use, practice, knowledge or custom. ... Strawberries Promo Strawberries is an album by The Damned released October 1982 on Bronze Records (catalogue #BRON 542). ... Raspberries has multiple meanings: For the tart fruit of the plant Rubus idaeus, see Raspberry. ... For other uses, see Blueberry (disambiguation). ... This article is about the fruit. ... Look up company in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Plant breeding is the purposeful manipulation of plant species in order to create desired genotypes and phenotypes for specific purposes. ... In genetics, hybridisation is the process of mixing different species or varieties of organisms. ... Look up Genetic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A breed is a domesticated subspecies or infrasubspecies of an animal. ... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally maximum 20 years from the filing date, depending on extension). ... Nursery can mean: A nursery is a place for the temporary care of children in the absence of their parents. ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... A brand is a name, logo, slogan, and/or design scheme associated with a product or service. ...


Driscoll’s is the market leader in the berry industry, with the greatest brand recognition in the berry category. As one of the most differentiated brands in produce, Driscoll’s fosters relationships with top retail, wholesale, export and foodservice organizations. Driscoll’s berries are grown on 5 continents, and Driscoll’s holds fruit patents and trademarks in over 40 countries. Look up Market in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Produce on display at La Boqueria market in Barcelona, Spain. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... Wholesaling consists of the sale of goods/merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services. ... The foodservice (or food service) industry generally encompasses those places, institutions, and companies responsible for any meal eaten away from home. ... Alternative meaning: Organisation (band). ... Dymaxion map by Buckminster Fuller shows land mass with minimal distortion as only one continuous continent A continent (Latin continere, to hold together) is a large continuous mass of land on the planet Earth. ... For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally maximum 20 years from the filing date, depending on extension). ... The Bass Red Triangle, was the first trademark registered in Britain in 1876. ...


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http://www.driscolls.com Driscoll's Official Website


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