Hardie's Fresh Foods

Hardie's is the produce division of The Chefs' Warehouse in Texas. It's the most delicious job you'll ever have! https://lnkd.in/gs_vhVyN

🌟 Now Hiring: Summer Marketing Intern 🌟 We’re excited to open applications for a paid Summer Marketing Internship at The Chefs' Warehouse - where food, storytelling, and strategy come together. This is a hands-on opportunity to work alongside a fast-paced marketing team supporting chefs, sales teams, and some of the most inspiring products in the culinary world. From content creation and campaigns to events and sales enablement, you’ll get real exposure to how marketing drives growth. What you’ll gain: 🍓 Real-world marketing experience (not busywork) 📊 Exposure to B2B marketing, branding, and analytics 🍽 A front-row seat to the specialty food and chef community 🤝 Mentorship from a collaborative, creative team If you’re a curious, organized, food-loving student ready to learn and contribute, we’d love to hear from you! 📩 Interested? Apply at https://lnkd.in/gPNvRZ98 or message us directly to learn more. Tag someone who should see this! #MarketingInternship #SummerInternship #FoodMarketing #ChefsWarehouse #InternshipOpportunity #NowHiring

Sweet Baby Broccoli Update While most of the country has experienced winter weather woes this week, the Salinas valley is seeing unseasonably warm temps affecting Sweet Baby Broccoli supplies for the next few weeks. The warm weather pushed crops ahead of schedule, leading to smaller sizing, early flowering and reduced yields. Growers are harvesting carefully to protect quality, but overall volume is running below normal creating tight supplies. Plan accordingly. Talk with your rep today to lock in volume or discuss alternatives.

Don't you love it when talented people are promoted from within? Nicole Decker joined the company 7 years ago as a Customer Service Supervisor in Houston, and quickly rose to Pricing Analyst. With a strong understanding of customer service, cross functional operational impact and analytics, we're proud to announce that Nicole has been promoted to Pricing Manager.

We love celebrating internal growth, especially when it’s earned through hard work and talent. Congratulations to Navatha Maddula on her promotion to Accounting Manager. Navatha joined the company 3 years ago, demonstrating exceptional skill and dedication. In her new role, Navatha will oversee the Accounts Payable team, streamlining processes and continuing to drive excellence.

STRAWBERRY UPDATE: Weather Impacting California Production Major growing regions in California experienced a 4-day rain even. Some areas received up to 6 inches of rainfall, marking a record for November and creating industry-wide challenges for strawberry growers. Many ranches are experiencing standing water and heavy soil saturation, and growers are now focused on cleanup and allowing the fields to dry. As a result, harvest availability out of California will be extremely limited this week with most growers reporting no meaningful production for the next 7-10 days with another weather front predicted. We are monitoring conditions closely, and sourcing from growing regions in Mexico and Florida, as these regions ramp up and product becomes available. In the meantime, demand exceeds supply industry-wide for strawberries.

Here’s a quick update on what’s happening in the fields right now. We’re in the home stretch of the Salinas season, and it’s been one of the toughest finishes we’ve seen in a while. Broccoli and Brassicas: Supplies remain tight, and quality continues to be mixed. Disease pressure has stayed high following the earlier rain and humidity, and insect activity, especially from Diamondback moths, is still creating headaches across the Valley. The moth larvae feed within the florets, making them difficult to detect and even harder to clean out, which has reduced usable yields and slowed production. Pin rot and oxidation are still showing up, and crews are being selective about what they’re harvesting. Most shippers expect this pressure to continue until we make the full move to desert production in mid-November. Lettuce and Value-Added: We’re seeing the same weather and pest impacts carry over into iceberg, romaine, and value-added products. INSV, Sclerotinia, and mildew are still present across both inland and coastal fields, which is limiting shelf life and creating more variability in color and texture. Chopped and shredded romaine are showing early signs of pinking, oxidation, and decay, even with proper handling. Harvest crews are trimming hard to maintain pack quality, but that’s leading to lighter boxes and fewer usable acres. Tender Leaf: Arugula, baby kale, and spring mix are holding steady with fair to good quality. Acreage is mostly spoken through mid-November, and volume remains limited. Slight insect activity is still being monitored, but the category is more stable compared to the major leaf items. In short, we’re still managing a lot of late-season stress in Salinas. Disease and insect pressure are keeping yields low, and value-added quality is being watched closely each day. The transition to desert is expected to start the week of November 17, and we should see some much-needed improvement once production shifts south.

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MARKET UPDATE: This Spring and Summer has been unusually cool.  Anise is grown along the coast and in Salinas where it has not only been cool, it’s been extra foggy. The crop has not been sizing up as it normally does due to the cooler temperatures. This is an industrywide issue. Not only is sizing not there, the shippers also need to prorate so plan accordingly for the next few weeks.

Pastry Chef Lisbeth Ramirez is an amazing talent. Check out her Baked Texas dessert! https://lnkd.in/gUwSrJDs