In the late 1930's, when the United States was starting to stretch from the Great Depression, a young Stanford graduate came to California's Salinas Valley seeking employment.

H.W. "Cy" Mann started his agricultural career trimming fruit and lettuce for 40 cents per hour. He loaded grain onto boxcars and through hard work and dedication, eventually became foreman of a produce shed.

It was 1939 when he opened a fresh carrot packing operation called H.W. Mann. It was soon thereafter that Mr. Mann found his niche in the fresh vegetable industry: broccoli.

For many years we've been the world's largest shipper of fresh broccoli. We soon ventured into other produce items, and now ship over 30 different fresh vegetables-from asparagus to romaine, 365 days per year! We sell produce to the retail, wholesale and foodservice marketplaces.

In the early 1990s, Mann Packing responded to the fast pace of today's consumer lifestyles and started shipping our vegetables fresh-cut, washed, preservative free-and ready to eat! Mann Packing has been a pioneer in the fresh-cut vegetable business and we are now venturing into party trays and other snack packs.