International Women’s Month, celebrated in March, is the perfect time to spotlight the incredible women who have paved the way for women all over the world. As a proud female and family founded, owned and led business, Frieda’s Specialty Produce wanted to do something innovative to recognize women pioneers. …
INC. Magazine has issued their tribute to the iconic entrepreneurs who died in 2020—including Frieda Rapoport Caplan, the founder of Frieda’s Specialty Produce, who passed away in January 2020. …
The announcement was made during a live broadcast with CGT Executive Director, Doug Bohr; and Frieda’s Specialty Produce CEO, Karen Caplan; Vice President & COO, Jackie Caplan Wiggins; and Alex Jackson Berkley, director of sales. …
The United Fresh Produce Association is pleased to announce that the application period for the 2020 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarship is now open. …
On April 2, 1962, she opened Produce Specialties, Inc. on the L.A. Wholesale produce market with light lavender signs. She was the first woman to own and operate a wholesale produce company in the United States. That purple color turned into the company’s “trademarked” color, and to this day, most everyone in the produce industry associates “purple” with Frieda’s. …
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