Driscoll's
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| Private | |
| Founded | 1944 |
| Headquarters | Watsonville, California, USA |
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Key people
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Miles Reiter, CEO |
| Products | Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and other berries. |
| Website | www.driscolls.com |
Driscoll's is a privately held company that sells fresh strawberries and other berries. Its headquarters is in Watsonville, California, USA and it has been family-owned for over 100 years, the Reiter and Driscoll families begin growing strawberries in California in the late 1800s. As of 2016[update], more than 40,000 people globally are involved in developing, growing and harvesting both conventionally grown and organic strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries for the company.
The company was founded in 1904, when Joseph "Ed" Reiter and R.O. Driscoll began producing Sweet Briar strawberries in California's Pajaro Valley.
Following World War II, Driscoll's recruited Japanese-American former prisoners upon their release from the internment camps to become sharecroppers for the company.
In 2008 Driscoll's was one of the first two California growers to legally ship strawberries to the People's Republic of China under a program negotiated by then governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2008 the company was also named "business of the year" by the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture.
As of 2014, Driscoll's supports the Indigenous Interpreting+ program at Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, California, which provides medical interpreters for speakers of indigenous languages such as Zapotec, Mixteco, and Triqui.
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