Purfresh Outperforms Traditional Chemicals and Maintains the Quality Consumers Have Come to Expect from Maui Gold Pineapples
FREMONT, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Purfresh, a provider of clean technologies that purify, protect, and preserve our food and water, today announced that Hali’imaile Pineapple Company, previously known as the Maui Pineapple Company, has integrated Purfresh® Cold Storage and Purfresh Wash in their new packing facility. The intelligent atmosphere and disinfectant solutions from Purfresh combine clean, state-of-the-art ozone-based technology with web-based informatics to preserve quality and extend the shelf life of Maui Gold pineapples.
This is the sweetest, best tasting, Pineapple in the world.
Grown on Maui by Hali'imaile Pineapple Co.
Please buy this product!!! PRIDE IN ISLAND!!! “We’re focused on delivering high-quality pineapples to our customers, and Purfresh’s clean solutions have been instrumental in eliminating mold and reducing chemical use in our operations,” said Mr. Brian Igersheim, director of quality control for Hali’imaile Pineapple Company. “With Purfresh, we replaced chlorine with ozone, have eliminated all shell and crown mold, and haven’t experienced any customer rejections as a result of decay since we implemented the systems. In addition, because ozone is certified for use on organic produce, we’re able to run our conventional and organic pineapples on the same line.”
PUKALANI – Just a half year into its existence, Hali’imaile Pineapple Co. is operating "in the black" and hiring more employees, said Doug MacCluer, part owner of the company and a member of its board of directors.
"It’s manini, but we’re showing a profit," MacCluer said Thursday evening after providing an update on the company during a meeting of the Governor’s Council of Neighbor Island Advisors for Maui at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center.
This is the sweetest, best tasting, Pineapple in the world.
Grown on Maui by Hali'imaile Pineapple Co.
Please buy this product!!! PRIDE IN ISLAND!!!
The company is filling a void left by Maui Pineapple Co., which closed and laid off 285 employees Dec. 31, after sustaining multimillion-dollar losses. As recently as 2008, Maui Pine employed 659 workers.
"We thought we could straighten out a big mess, and it was a big mess," MacCluer said.
So far, Hali’imaile Pineapple has generated $3.2 million in revenue – before taxes and farmland rents to Maui Land & Pineapple Co.
Most of the revenue has gone to Hali’imaile Pineapple employees, who belong to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, MacCluer said.
In an effort to boost fruit production in the territory, the V.I. Agriculture Department is offering $2 pineapple plants to local farmers.
Three popular commercial varieties not typically grown in the territory — sugar loaf, cayenne smooth and elite gold — will be available and will be shipped to growers for free in orders of 36 or more. The Agriculture Department will collect data about acreage and the the kinds of food grown by each farmer who orders the fruit.
Executives with the newly established Haliimaile Pineapple Company will discuss the company’s operations at the upcoming meeting of the Governor’s Council of Neighbor Island Advisors for Maui. Company board member, Doug MacCluer will speak on the company’s hiring of former Maui Land and Pineapple Company employees, and the effect of the state’s water commission decision on the pineapple business and land owners.
This is the sweetest, best tasting, Pineapple in the world.
Grown on Maui by Hali'imaile Pineapple Co.
Please buy this product!!! PRIDE IN ISLAND!!!
The meeting is set for Thursday, June 17th at 5 p.m. in Pukalani at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center.
Governor Linda Lingle created councils of neighbor island advisors to give neighbor island residents a stronger voice in state government. The Governor’s Council of Neighbor Island Advisors for Maui holds monthly public meetings to seek community input, advise the Governor issues of importance in the outlying counties, and make recommendations for state boards and commissions.
The members of the Governor’s Council of Neighbor Island Advisors for Maui are Madge Schaefer (chair), Kathryn Ghean (vice chair), John Henry, Lori Ululani Sablas, Gail K. Takeuchi and Leona Rocha Wilson.
We are pleased to invite you to our 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be held on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. at the Kapalua Village Center Conference Room in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.
At the meeting, we will (1) vote upon an amendment to the Restated Articles of Association to change the minimum and maximum number of members of our Board of Directors to not less than five (5), nor more than nine (9), and to declassify the Board of Directors; (2) if Proposal No. 1 is approved, elect seven (7) members to our Board of Directors for a one-year term; (3) only if Proposal No. 1 is not approved, elect three Class Two directors for a three-year term; (4) vote upon an amendment to the Restated Articles of Association to authorize an additional 20,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock; (5) ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm to serve for the 2010 fiscal year, and (6) transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any continuation, postponement or adjournment of the meeting. We know of no other matters to be brought up at the meeting.
This meeting is an opportunity to communicate with our shareholders and it is important that your shares be represented and voted whether or not you expect to attend the meeting in person. You may vote your shares by proxy using the Internet, by telephone, or by returning the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form forwarded by your bank, broker or other holder of record. Please review the instructions on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form regarding each of these voting options. If you attend the meeting, you may withdraw your proxy and vote in person, if you wish.
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting should you be able to attend.
Sincerely,
WARREN H. HARUKI Chairman
MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE COMPANY, INC. 870 Haliimaile Road Makawao, Maui, Hawaii 96768-9768 (808) 877-3351 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (808) 877-3351 (808) 877-3351 (808) 877-3351 (808) 877-3351
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE COMPANY, INC.:
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. will be held on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 8:30 a.m., local time, at the Kapalua Village Center Conference Room in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii for the following purposes:
