Packing “ The World’s Finest” Fresh Medjool Dates

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Packing“The World’s Finest” Fresh

Medjool Dates

Datepac, LLC.

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BARD VALLEY MEDJOOL DATES Our Growers Are the Owners

World Class “Medjool Date Only” Growers◦Date growing is their only business◦Founded in 1996 by a group of Bard growers.

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Ideal Growing Conditions for Medjools

◦Intense heat, low humidity (Yuma Desert)

◦ Acknowledged world-wide for Quality!

◦High water table (Colorado River)

◦Conventional & Organically Grown

Bard Valley has ideal micro-climate:

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Great Quality Starts in the Field

Packing “The World’s Finest” Medjool Dates

Dedication to Good Agricultural Practices

Dethorning Pollination Setting Fruit Arms

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Careful Attention to Detail

Best practices which focus on Quality!Our dates are “hand-touched” an average of

12 times before harvest to for best quality.

Thinning Setting rings for ventilation Bagging for protection

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Product Quality at Every StepLargest medjooldate facility in U.S.Only U.S. company with color sorters and

infra-red scanners to optimize quality.

Heat Drying Rooms Metal Detection Equipment 24 hr Traceability to Grove

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Food Safety is a Priority

Dedication to food safety• Full-time employee dedicated to food safety

protocols in the fields and plant.• Certified by Primus Labs and SCS.

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Variety of Products and Packages• Full-line packing capabilities• Conventional and Organic Medjool Dates,

Coconut and Almond Date Rolls• Consumer packs (8oz, 12oz, 16oz, 32oz) and 11

lb. bulk box

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Marketing Programs to Build Sales

Trade Promotion Programs◦Designed to help grow Category Sales.◦Seasonal, regular TPR roller offerings and 12-

month long support program!

Cutting edge packaging & labeling◦Tamper resistant seals◦GTIN case and pack coding for easy traceability

to any of our growers.

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Choose the Leader in Fresh Medjool Dates

Vertically integrated grower, packer, shipper in the ideal medjool growing region.

Focused on Food Safety and Product QualityMarketing and Category Management

◦Bard Valley name recognized world-wide◦Web-site, consumer and trade marketing ◦Category Management and Consumer Profile studies

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Datepac Sales Contacts• Yuma Sales Office 928-726-9191

Chris Denning (Director) denning@datepac.com

Dave Nelson (V.P.) dnelson@datepac.com

• Regional Sales ManagersNortheast: Shayne Gordon 978-758-3678

gordonfresh@live.comWest: Carolyn Becker 303-683-7887

clbfruit@comcast.com Southeast: Dave Anderson 210-373-

9098davida@bardmedjool.com

Midwest: Bruce Gilkerson 630-240-1253gilkerson@comcast.net