Frieda Caplan Honored With NAWBO Legacy Award
April 17, 2012 | 2 min to read
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – Frieda Rapoport Caplan, Founder of Frieda’s Specialty Produce, was honored at the National Association of Women Business Owners 26th Annual NAWBO-LA Awards Luncheon alongside other influential Southern California women business owners Cookie Johnson of CJ by Cookie Johnson and Lubov Azria of BCBG Max Azria. The NAWBO-LA Awards gave tribute to top achievers and advocates in the women's business community and recognized their contributions to the advancement of women. The event took place on Friday, March 23, 2012, at the JW Marriott at LA LIVE.
Caplan received the Legacy Award for her role as the first woman to own a U.S. produce business, her continuous efforts in the advancement of women in the business world, and her activism in women’s rights. Caplan is most known for introducing the Kiwifruit to America in 1962, and Frieda’s, Inc. has since introduced over 200 specialty produce items to U.S. supermarkets. This year marks the company’s 50th anniversary.
An additional honor for the company’s 50th Anniversary, Frieda and Karen Caplan were interviewed on Los Angeles’ KFWB 980 AM radio show, “Unfinished Business with Betsy Berkehemer and Renee Fraser,” to talk about family business succession tips. The podcast is available online at http://www.2minuteswith.com
About NAWBO-LA
Founded in 1979, NAWBO-LA is one of the largest and fastest-growing chapters of the National Association of Women Business Owners, an organization that strives to empower and enable women entrepreneurs into economic, political and social spheres of leadership. Founded in 2000, The NAWBO-LA Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to promoting the entrepreneurship of women worldwide. Together, NAWBO-LA and the NAWBO-LA Foundation work closely to ensure that women business owners are recognized as a public policy voice to be reckoned with, a formidable economic force, and effective agents for change in the dynamic business environment that is Southern California.
About Frieda’s Inc.
Frieda’s Inc. celebrates 50 years of innovation in fresh produce. Founded in 1962 by Frieda Caplan, Frieda's was the first wholesale produce company in the U.S. to be founded, owned and operated by a woman, and is still a family- and women-owned business today. With the mission of changing the way America eats fruits and vegetables, Frieda’s has introduced more than 200 specialty items to U.S. produce departments, including Kiwifruit, Spaghetti Squash, Habanero Peppers, Black Garlic and many more. Learn more at www.friedas.com
Source: Frieda’s Inc.