History

Index Fresh began in 1914 as Index Orchards with the goal of packing and marketing lemons and oranges from Orange County, California. Initially formed as a grower owned corporation, Index became a cooperative in 1929 under the name of Index Mutual Association. Citrus was the primary product until the 1950’s when avocados were introduced into the product line with the absorption of sister cooperative, United Avocado Growers. As the avocado industry began to flourish, avocados replaced citrus as Index’s primary product in the 1960’s and 1970’s.

In 1989 Index moved its headquarters from La Habra, Orange County to Bloomington in San Bernardino County, building a state of the art packing and cooling facility. Updating its name to Index Fresh of California, Index continued to expand adding Chilean avocados in the early 90’s. Index entered the Asian pear business in 1997 and markets Asian pears from Chile and California. In response to growth in its business and changes in the avocado industry, Index has come full circle converting from a cooperative to a grower owned corporation in 1999.

Today, Index with the new name Index Fresh, Inc. operates as a grower-owned corporation with the goal of providing excellent products and service to consumers, customers, growers and trading partners.

Click here to view historical Index Fresh Labels

Philosophy

Index Fresh operates as a grower-owned corporation packing, shipping and marketing avocados and Asian pears throughout the United States.

Our philosophy is simple. Apply a “nuts and bolts” approach to the business, with special concentration on product quality, service to customers and growers, aggressive sales and marketing and cost control, while providing consistently competitive returns to all growers and trading partners.