Oneonta Designs New "Kissed by the Sun" Pouches for Rainiers
With a substantial increase in Rainier volume, new cherry line technology, and new pouch bags ahead, Oneonta expects a good cherry season for 2014.
Oneonta has a newly designed “Kissed by the Sun” pouch bag for Rainiers. CherrysnaQ pouch bags, featuring the tagline, “Eat and Play the Healthy Way,” are also making their comeback this year.
Furthermore, to help improve volume, consistency, and quality for both Rainiers and dark sweets, Oneonta has installed a new Unitec 40-lane optical packing line that runs cherries faster and more accurately.
Weather permitting, these new improvements are expected to help bring an amazing cherry season for 2014, with the initial harvest of dark sweets beginning by the first week of June.
“The season is progressing really nicely,” said Scott Marboe, Marketing Director. “Up to now the growing conditions have been just about perfect. Volume should start to pick up around June 16, and it should stay strong until we see our second peak weeks of July 14 – 24 – if things stay the way they are now.”
Marboe added that field reports suggest that numbers could be well ahead of the Northwest’s 2012 big crop. Along with multiple varieties of dark reds and the favorite Bing, Oneonta anticipates a huge increase in Rainier volume, which has improved every year, according to a press release. Check out this cool video from Oneonta below to see a quick look into its cherry production!
“We are up substantially this year and see that increase continuing each season,” said Marboe. “We should see shipments start in late June and go through late July.”
It’s going to be an exciting cherry season! We can’t wait to see the new packaging!
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