Mission Produce
Mission Produce is a global grower and distributor of avocados and mangos, offering a year-round supply to retail, wholesale, and foodservice customers.
Last updated September 15, 2026
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Overview
Mission Produce describes itself as a global leader growing and delivering the World's Finest Avocados™ and World's Finest Mangos™. The company states it offers a year-round supply for retail, wholesale, and foodservice customers, currently servicing 25 countries. It reports a global network powered by 20+ countries and 19+ facilities, and states it is vertically integrated with 4,000+ hectares of avocados and mangos across California, Peru, Colombia, Guatemala, and South Africa, and owns 5 packinghouses across the U.S., Mexico, Peru, and Guatemala. Mission Produce describes itself as a $1B public company (Nasdaq: AVO) selling billions of avocados globally.
History
Mission Produce traces its beginnings to 1983 in California, when produce industry veterans and avocado growers Steve Barnard and Ed Williams began selling fresh California avocados in the U.S. In 1985, the company expanded south with the construction of two packinghouses in Michoacán, Mexico, opening the door to new markets in Asia, Europe, and Canada. Between 1993 and 1997, Mission Produce kicked off the first of its avocado ripening trials and helped bring avocados from Mexico to the U.S. for the first time. In 1998, it rolled out its first ripe avocado programs to the industry. From 2000 to 2010, its sourcing network went global across premier growing regions.
Products and positioning
Global leader growing and delivering the World's Finest Avocados™ and World's Finest Mangos™
World's Finest Avocados™
World's Finest Mangos™
Recent events
Mission Produce appoints Shaunte Mears-Watkins to its board[4]
Reported:
Mission Produce appointed Shaunte Mears-Watkins to its board of directors, effective December 14, 2021.
Mission Produce enters the mango market[5]
Mission Produce announced a year-round mango program and said it was entering the mango category, expanding its produce offering beyond avocados.
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