Gourmet Trading Company Honors Former CEO & President, Chris Martin

LOS ANGELES – Gourmet Trading Company, North American distributor of fresh asparagus, blueberries and blackberries, has launched an online memorial page honoring the company’s late CEO and President, Chris Martin, who passed away on July 23, 2012.

“We felt that the internet was a good avenue to reach all the people who Chris had an impact on throughout the world.  The Chris Martin Memorial Page contains a video with pictures of Chris throughout his career in the produce industry with growers, trade members, and colleagues.  It also contains a speech about optimism that Chris gave that clearly shows how he looked at things with a strong sense of positivity.”  stated Julia Inestroza, Gourmet Trading Company Marketing Director.

The Chris Martin Memorial Page is located on the company’s website (gourmettrading.net) and features a message board, video, news articles and information on how to donate to the Christopher Martin Memorial Fund. The company set up the fund shortly after Chris Martin’s passing as a way to raise money in his honor to continue the support of the education of the company’s Peruvian farm families, a cause that was very important to Chris.
Learn more on how to donate to the Chris Martin Memorial Fun or watch the video honoring Chris Martin at gourmettrading.net/chrismartin. 

About Gourmet Trading Company:

Gourmet Trading Company, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, was founded in 1982.  Their control over the supply chain of fresh asparagus and blueberries enables them to offer superior service to their customers and growers all over the world.  Strong grower relationships globally, a state of the art packing facility in Pasco, Washington, implementation of their own traceability system, management of their own farms in Peru and California, in-house warehousing through Gourmet Logistics, and continual investment in their business enables them to provide high quality asparagus and berries all year round.  Gourmet Trading Company has additional offices in Miami, Florida; Pasco, Washington; El Centro, California; Bakersfield, California; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; Auckland, New Zealand; Lima, Peru; Tokyo, Japan; and Caborca, Mexico.  Additional information is available at www.gourmettrading.net

Source: Gourmet Trading Company