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Oppy expands bell pepper and cucumber sourcing

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Oppy expands bell pepper and cucumber sourcing

The Oppenheimer Group will add high volumes of British Columbia-grown sweet bell peppers to its catalogue this spring, alongside a year-long supply of English cucumbers.capsicum_62163277

A new alliance with Canada'sĀ Randhawa Farms will make Oppy a marketer of aroundĀ 2 million boxes of sweet bell peppers and the company's earliest everĀ long English cucumbers.

Oppyā€™s greenhouse and vegetable category directorĀ Aaron Quon said they had already shipped the cucumbers in the first week of January, the earliest week to date.

ā€œNow we can develop more cucumber programs with our customers on a larger scale than in the past due to increased volume and longer availability,ā€ Quon said.

Meanwhile, greenhouse pepper growerĀ SunSelect will lend a hand toĀ Randhawa Farms to manage scheduling, picking, delivery and storage. The cucumbers and later bell peppers will be marketed under SunSelect's name.

SunSelect operates under a "24 hour" rule and strives to send all produce out on a customer-bound truck within 24 hours of picking.

Randhawa Farmsā€™ owner KanĀ Randhawa said the farm was pleased to enter the new partnership.

ā€œSunSelect is a proven, top quality grower with a brand that has a great reputation in the trade. They have also had a very successful partnership with Oppy for almost a decade. Oppy has a grower mentality ā€” we view them as an extension of ourselves,ā€ Randhawa said.

Randhawa Farms has 44 acres of peppers and four acres of cucumbers.

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