Orchard
1.- Avocados are manually harvested.
2.- They are placed in special sacs.
3.- Avocados are moved from the sacs to plastic boxes.
4.- They are transported to the plant to be packed.
Packing
1.- The plastic boxes are emptied.
2.- Avocados are brushed and selected by quality.
3.- They are labeled and selected by weight.
4.- They are manually packed in carton boxes.
5.- They are packed in pallets.
6.- The avocados are cooled in tunnels.
SIZES
PLASTIC BOX 4KG, 6KG, 10KG, 20KG.
CARDBOARD BOX 4KG, 6KG, 10KG, 11.3KG.
Transportation
1.- Pallets are loaded in the container.
2.- The container is transported to final destination.
Containers with controlled atmosphere and satellite tracking, it could be by airplane (15 -20 pallets, 700 kilos of avocado per pallet) or ship (20 -26 pallets, 1,000 kilos of avocado per pallet).
Import
1.- The container arrives at detination.
2.- Depending on the season the avocados are stored in cold and they are treated with ethylene.
3.- They are stored again.
Retail
Final consumer