McEntire Produce is operating in our 163,000 square-foot, state of the art food processing facility. The facility is located in Columbia, South Carolina in close proximity to I-77, I-26, I-95 and I-20. It was completed in September of 2006.

This facility gives us the ability to provide more efficient service and fresher, higher quality product to our customers.

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McEntire Produce, Inc. Welcomes Mike Haygood to the Team
November 28, 2011

We are very pleased to announce that McEntire Produce has brought aboard Mike Haygood in a new role as our Vice President of Sales. In this new role, Mike will lead the development of our sales and marketing strategies, develop and lead our sales and customer service departments, as well as work with the Senior leadership team to establish annual sales budgets and corresponding account plans to meet those budget goals. Mike will also lead the company’s efforts to identify new customer business targets and other channels for McEntire Produce to expand and grow our total business.

Mike is well known throughout the industry and especially in the Southeast and East Coast as he comes to us with over 20 years of sales management experience in the fresh produce industry, most recently with various Zone Manager and Sales Director roles for 17 years with Chiquita Brands/Fresh Express. Mike was instrumental in leading the sales efforts for Fresh Express across the Southeast and East coast building a business that approaches close to $200 million in annual sales. Additionally, Mike has been an active member with key industry organizations across the Southeast such as the Southeast Produce Council, the Georgia Food Industry Association, and the Carolina Food Industry Council.

Mike is a graduate of Furman University and upon graduating from Furman, served our country in the U.S. Armed Forces as a U.S. Army Field Artillery Captain in Germany. He and his wife have been married for 32 years and they have two children and two grandchildren.

Mike’s extensive retail experience, customer and industry knowledge, along with his proven leadership and sales management sills within the VAS and fresh produce business will be a tremendous benefit to our organization.

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