Taylor Farms Canada Facility Grand Opening
Submitted by Taylor Farms

Mike Pitsikoulis at Fruiterie Guy
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Young Don Mastronardi with a Mastronardi Produce truck in the 1950s.
Submitted by Mastronardi Produce

Umberto Mastronardi, founder of Mastronardi Produce, in the greenhouse in the 1960s.
Submitted by Mastronardi Produce

Submitted by Pfenning's Organic Vegetables Inc.

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

The Pirate Event at Chair's Welcome Reception at CPMA 2014 in Vancouver, BC.
Submitted by ABC/PCB Customs Brokers

Paul Catania Jr. Field Visit in California Circa 1995.
Submitted by Catania Worldwide

Paul Catania Jr. at Catania South Facility, McAllen, Texas 2024.
Submitted by Catania Worldwide

Woman holding avocados stamped Calavo in 1930.
Submitted by Calavo Growers, Inc.

Inspecting & unloading field bins of avocados in 1990s.
Submitted by Calavo Growers, Inc.

Loading truck with field bins of avocados in 1970s.
Submitted by Calavo Growers, Inc.

Inauguration of new banana rooms in Nova Scotia.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Sobeys Supplier Development Team on a farm visit in Quebec.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

An Apple A Day Keeps the Doctor Away, Display 1982.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Replica meat and produce wagon, 1926.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Frank H. Sobey’s grocery business in 1920.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Video about Canadawide Fruits roots and inspirations.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Nick Pitsikoulis, George Pitsikoulis, Chris Sarantis and Mike Pitsikoulis.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Mike Pitsikoulis and Franco Finelli early 80's.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Chris Sarantis and Mary Giannoulis.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Mont-Carmel Store on Queen-Mary Road in 1979.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

John Pitsikoulis and Louis Spanos in 1983.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Canadawide (Circa 1983-1987).
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Courchesne Larose 100th anniversary in 2018.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Palet of products in the delivery area of the Courchesne Larose warehouse on Bercy street.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Courchesne Larose warehouse on Bercy street.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Banana ripening room.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Nebo Mushrooms

Nebo Mushrooms

Nebo Mushrooms

Nebo Mushrooms

Nebo Mushrooms

Produce team in a Maxi store in 1999. The gentleman in the middle is from France and was part of an employee exchange program.
Submitted by Yan Branco, Sobeys

Attendees of the first annual convention held in Montreal, 1926

Program cover from first annual convention, 1926

Attendees of the second annual convention held in Toronto, 1927

List of attendees of the 1929 annual convention

Attendees of the sixth annual convention held in Saint John, 1931

Attendees of the seventh annual convention held in Ottawa, 1932

CPMA booth at the Food and Beverage Show, 1999

Potato harvester in operation

First Automated Romaine Harvester
Submitted by Taylor Farms

John Pitsikoulis at Mont-Carmel at Carré Décarie
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Canadawide at Marché Central
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Mastronardi Produce SUNSET products in 1971.
Submitted by Mastronardi Produce

Submitted by Pfenning's Organic Vegetables Inc.

Submitted by Pfenning's Organic Vegetables Inc.

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Miss Chiquita Banana with a delegate at CPMA 2019.
Submitted by Gordon Food Service Canada

Canadian Fruit Wholesalers' Association 32nd Annual Convention: February 10-13, 1954.
Submitted by Catania Worldwide

Paul Catania Sr. Circa 1990.
Submitted by Catania Worldwide

Paul Catania Sr. & Michael Leonard Catania.
Submitted by Catania Worldwide

1955 Avocado Display at Packard Bamberger & Co.(Hackensack, NJ).
Submitted by Calavo Growers, Inc.

Calavo Packing Line in 1948.
Submitted by Calavo Growers, Inc.

Vernon, CA (Los Angeles) Calavo shipping dock in the 1940s.
Submitted by Calavo Growers, Inc.

Safeway produce department in Vancouver, BC.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Sobeys Director, Supplier Development in CPMA panel discussion, Vancouver Convention.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Cashier Training in 1963.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

OPMA Women’s Summit, 2024.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Frank H. Sobey receives honorary degree in 1964 at St. Mary’s University, Halifax.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Video of John Anderson's CPMA 100th Anniversary message to the industry.
Submitted by Oppy

DRC Booth at the CPMA 2001 Convention and Trade Show.
Submitted by Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation

John, George and Nick Pitsikoulis in front of Mont-Carmel store.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

George Pitsikoulis at Fruiterie Mont-Carmel.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

George Pitsikoulis' family visited a peach farm in California in early 2000's.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

John, George, Nick and Mike Pitsikoulis (Circa 1987-1988).
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Late 80's, when George Pitsikoulis started as a buyer.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Les Serres Bertrand (Leciel) depuis 1990.
Submitted by Les Serres Stéphane Bertrand Inc

Morris Shoom - Founder of North American Produce Buyers in 1960.
Submitted by North American Produce Buyers Limited

De génération en génération depuis 1893.
Submitted by RGR Guinois Inc

Courchesne Larose Anjou warehouse.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

The Routhier brothers in 1959.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Courschesne Larose first building on Notre-Dame street in 1918.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Banana braid in ripening room.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Equifruit team at CPMA 2024

Jennie, of Equifruit, wins the Oustanding Women in Produce Award at CPMA 2022

A spread from the program of the first annual convention held in Montreal in 1926

Salad Queen, 1964

Wholesale Convention, 1965

Attendees at the 1997 annual convention

Freggie

Syphon tubes being set for furrow irrigation

Banana ad from 1926

Costume party at the 1998 annual convention

Earthbound Farms First Bagged Spring Mix
Submitted by Earthbound Farms

John and Angela Pitsikoulis at Fruiterie Guy
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

A Mastronardi Produce trade show booth from 1988.
Submitted by Mastronardi Produce

The first Mastronardi Produce/SUNSET building.
Submitted by Mastronardi Produce

Submitted by Pfenning's Organic Vegetables Inc.

Submitted by Pfenning's Organic Vegetables Inc.

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Paul Catania Sr. Circa 1990.
Submitted by Catania Worldwide

Michael Leonard Catania Circa 1950.
Submitted by Catania Worldwide

Calavo, Santa Paula California Avocado Packline in the 1970s.
Submitted by Calavo Growers, Inc.

The Great Flight to ask California Governor Young to open 6th Annual Avocado Show in 1929.
Submitted by Calavo Growers, Inc.

Young lady with airplane, shipping avocados in 1927.
Submitted by Calavo Growers, Inc.

In-store farming unit, Safeway Vancouver.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Sobeys Supplier Development Lead visiting an apple orchard, Nova Scotia.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Sobeys Supplier Development Lead visits cranberry farm in Quebec.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Sobeys Uniforms in 1978.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

David and Faye Sobey with Governor General Romeo Leblanc and his wife Diana in 1996.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Danny Dempster and Sophie Perrault at DRC Reception in Ottawa in 2006.
Submitted by Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation

George Pitsikoulis and his wife, Roula Spanos, in the original Canadawide location.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Daniel Ouimet - a Canadawide buyer/seller.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Vaughn's grandmother, John Pitsikoulis and Vaughn Smith.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

George Pitsikoulis receiving award at the CPMA in 2019.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Kiki Voukelatos (Mike Pitsikoulis' wife) and Roula Spanos (George Pitsikoulis' wife).
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

(top) George Pitsikoulis, Jim DiMenna and Roula Spanos, (bottom) John Pitsikoulis and Angela Pitsikoulis.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Order pick-up by horse-drawn carriage.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Courchesne Larose warehouse on Bercy street.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Onion packaging on Bercy street.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

First Wagon Arrival in 1960 at Courchesne Larose on Bercy street.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Kim, of Equifruit, (left) winning the Oustanding Women in Produce Award at CPMA 2024

Fruit Terminal in Montreal, 1939

Salad Tour, 1961

44th annual convention held in Toronto, 1969

BCFWC Committee

Overhead sprinkler in operation

Lethbridge Herald

apples

Earthbound Farms 1st Assembly Line
Submitted by Earthbound Farms

The first Mont-Carmel warehouse near Devonshire Road & Paré Street
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

John and Angela Pitsikoulis
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Submitted by Pfenning's Organic Vegetables Inc.

Submitted by Pfenning's Organic Vegetables Inc.

Submitted by Pfenning's Organic Vegetables Inc.

Submitted by Pfenning's Organic Vegetables Inc.

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Submitted by Norfolk Fruit Growers Association

Paul Catania Sr., CPMA Past Chair.
Submitted by Catania Worldwide

M.L. Catania Company Staff Circa 1990.
Submitted by Catania Worldwide

Michael Leonard Catania Circa Ontario Food Terminal 1960.
Submitted by Catania Worldwide

A worker packing avocados into wooden boxes. Two of the boxes are addressed to Miss Ingrid Bergman in Stockholm, Sweden, likely going to the film actress.
Submitted by Calavo Growers, Inc.

Exporting Calavo California avocados to Canada in 1927.
Submitted by Calavo Growers, Inc.

Launch of Harvest Hold technology, IGA store, Quebec.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Sobeys team visits potato farm in Quebec.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

Frank Sobey, Order of Canada 1985.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

The first Sobeys store in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Submitted by Sobeys Inc.

FPA Booth (CPMA, CHC and DRC) in 2006.
Submitted by Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation

Nick Pitsikoulis with his mother at Guy Fruiterie in 1963.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

CPMA Semi-Annual Bocce Ball Tournament.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Roula Spanos (George Pitsikoulis' wife) working in the office.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Roula Spanos (George Pitsikoulis' wife) working in the office.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Canadawide (Circa 1983-1987) - Franco Finelli (Sales), John Pitsikoulis and Tony Singh.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Angeliki Pitsikoulis reenacting Mike Pitsikoulis as a baby in a banana box.
Submitted by Canadawide Fruits

Courchesne Larose founders on Notre-Dame street in 1920.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Courchesne Larose CPMA booth evolution 2015–2022.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Courchesne Larose warehouse on Notre-Dame street.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Courchesne Larose packaging department in the 60s on Bercy street.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Courchesne Larose building on Bercy street in 1959.
Submitted by Courchesne Larose

Florida Grapefruit promo, 1950's

Fruit Express Niagara, 1954

Canadian Fruit Wholesalers Association National Convention, 1968

Dave Eldredge, PMA Chairman and Patrick Labreque, CPMA Chairman, play a round in Monterey, California

British Columbia Child Run

Rotary ditcher in action

Marianne Limpert, silver medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games, 1997

trophy championship potatoes

Charles M. Hart, President of Eastern Canada Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers' Association, 1926.

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