Fresh Express Achieves Leadership Circle Status in the Ethical Charter Implementation Program (ECIP)
October 23, 2025 | 2 min to read
Fresh Express achieved Leadership Circle status in the Ethical Charter Implementation Program (ECIP) for 2026, signaling its commitment to embedding responsible labor practices across its supply chain. Company leaders, including John P. Olivo and Ashley McEntire, emphasized ECIP’s capacity-building focus and Fresh Express’s pledge to prioritize people, integrity, sustainability, and social responsibility as core elements of its business strategy.
Company recognized for advancing responsible labor practices in the fresh produce industry.
Orlando, FL – Fresh Express, the brand leader in value-added salads, announced it has achieved Leadership Circle status in the Ethical Charter Implementation Program (ECIP) for 2026, recognizing the company’s outstanding commitment to advancing responsible labor practices across the fresh produce industry.
The ECIP Leadership Circle highlights companies that demonstrate exceptional progress in embedding responsible labor practices into their operations and supply chains. ECIP, developed through collaboration with growers, shippers, retailers, and labor experts, is an industry-wide social responsibility assessment tool that brings the Ethical Charter on Responsible Labor Practices to life through self-assessment, benchmarking, and capacity-building.
“Fresh Express is committed to responsible sourcing throughout our supply chain. We look forward to continued work with ECIP through engaging our growers and supporting our customers on this important journey,” said John P. Olivo, President of Fresh Express.
“ECIP’s capacity-building approach stands out in its commitment to strengthening farm-level labor practices. We’re committed to advancing social responsibility in the industry and look forward to growing with the program,” said Ashley McEntire, Director of Sustainability, Fresh Express.
By achieving Leadership Circle recognition, Fresh Express reinforces its long-standing mission to lead with integrity, prioritize people, and ensure that sustainability and social responsibility remain core to its business strategy.
About Fresh Express®
Fresh Express® is the brand leader in Value Added Salads and is dedicated to providing Foodservice customers and consumers with healthy, convenient ready-to-eat salads, leafy greens, vegetables and fruits. With the invention of its special Keep Crisp® bag in the 1980s, Fresh Express pioneered the retail packaged salad category and was the first to make them available to grocery stores nationwide. Today, Fresh Express fresh salads come in more than 100 different varieties offering exciting new flavors and convenient new ways to meet the daily dietary requirements for both conventional and organic fresh produce. More than 14 million consumers each week enjoy healthy, convenient ready-to-eat Fresh Express salads, spinach and vegetables. For more information, visit www.FreshExpress.com.