Grove to Store
At Paramount Citrus our robust process for handling citrus guarantees high-quality products for our customers. Our extensive consumer research provides to us a keen understanding of what consumers want, because we own our groves we can execute our growing and harvesting practices to fulfill consumer needs. Paramount Citrus is part of a larger company which provides us with the resources to invest in the highest-level R&D, cultural practices and technology to ensure that we constantly deliver our products at their peak.
This begins with our innovative growing practices which focus on cultivating the best citrus varieties. Next our harvesting practices and diverse portfolio of land enables Paramount Citrus to pick fruit at the peak of maturity without sacrificing supply. Our high maturity standards ensure that our customers always have fruit that match consumers’ expectations, and if our portfolio includes varieties that do not meet consumer taste profiles, then we do not hesitate to replace them with varieties that do. State-of-the-art technology in our packinghouses ensures that we pack only the highest quality citrus in an efficient manner. The integration of our packinghouses with our shipping facilities, along with having the largest citrus shipping platform in North America, provides a complete logistics solution for efficient customer loading and delivery, and ensures the freshest fruit for you.
Growing
Our growing philosophy is simple: invest for quality. Quality is achieved by marrying a passion for growing with state-of-the art agricultural practices. Our scale and commitment allow us to be on the forefront of progressive agriculture growing techniques.
Harvesting
At Paramount Citrus, an experienced field evaluation team continually measures our products’ internal and external characteristics, which enables us to harvest our fruit at the optimal point of maturity, guaranteeing the best product for our customers.
Packing
Our packing facilities employ the latest technologies and procedures to ensure that the highest quality product goes into each box. Additionally, our flexible production scheduling allows us to fill orders on short notice and meet the needs of our customers.
Shipping
Paramount operates the largest citrus shipping platform in North America. With over a dozen docking stations, we are able to meet all of our customers’ logistical needs.