Cut Fruit Express

With extensive industry experience, Cut Fruit Express selects premium raw materials that offer consistent quality, size, and flavor. In addition, Lawford Baxter and the CFE team take pride in applying post-harvest physiology techniques that ensure optimal appearance and extend shelf-life significantly.

Along with fruits and vegetables, Cut Fruit Express's full line of products includes salads and mixes, as well as potatoes and onions. In addition to standard salads, the company offers the convenience of specialty mixes made to customer specifications. Popular mixes include the fajita mix, which combines red and green peppers with onions, and the pot roast mix of potatoes, carrots, onions, and celery. Other specialty products include coleslaw, salsa, and a gourmet salad of romaine, iceberg, radicchio, and leaf lettuces.

With an emphasis on flexibility in meeting diverse customer requirements, CFE offers its products in an array of package sizes, from ready-to-serve to bulk packaging. Current options include party trays, vacuum packs, shrink wrap, individual-serving containers, and bulk packs of up to 25 pounds. All packaging materials are selected to meet key freshness, safety, affordability, and aesthetic criteria.

An avid gardener himself, Lawford Baxter also encourages CFE employees to maintain their own personal fruit and vegetable plots in a community garden on company property in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. In addition to increasing employee morale, the garden saves employees grocery expenses and shopping time while promoting health.