Mission Produce to open UK packing house in 2023
Mission Produce, an Oxnard-based avocado and mango distributor, announced Sept. 20 that it will open a ripening, packing and distribution center near London in 2023. Mission’s first facility in the United Kingdom will be in Dartford, England, near the country’s largest ports, airports and highways. The 102,000-square-foot building will be “sustainability-focused,” Mission said in a Read More →
Kate Farms closes $75M venture capital round as it prepares to open Goleta facility
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In Southern California, SBA administrator speaks of ‘sustainable and stable landing’
LONG BEACH — When it comes to the national economy, Isabella Casillas Guzman, the administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, is firmly in the soft landing camp. A Latina who calls Southern California home, she’s seen a surge in minority-owned business starts during the post-COVID 19 recovery. And she sees part of her mission Read More →
Dubroff: Past week’s stock plunge a sign that we’re not out of the inflation woods yet
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Good Works: Stollmeyer to match Boys & Girls Clubs donations
Rick Stollmeyer, the founder of the San Luis Obispo software firm Mindbody, will match donations to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast up to $300,000, the nonprofit announced Sept. 13. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast has clubs throughout San Luis Obispo County and northern Santa Barbara County. It Read More →
Street Smarts: Cal Poly has its own craft beer, courtesy of Firestone Walker
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Portfolio Watch: Hot August for inflation; End of the pandemic real estate boom?
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