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Bolthouse Fresh Foods of Bakersfield, CA, North America’s carrot leader, is proud to announce its operational expansion into the Southeast region of the United States with an additional growing and packing facility in Sparks, Georgia, near Valdosta.
The Sparks facility represents a key milestone in Bolthouse Fresh Foods strategic growth, significantly expanding its agricultural and operational footprint and strengthening its distribution network in the Southeast.
This investment ensures a more efficient supply chain and improves service for customers across the region. Planting is already underway, with the first harvest expected in January—ensuring fresh, high-quality carrots are ready for consumers to enjoy at the start of the year.
“Establishing operations in Sparks, Georgia, marks an exciting chapter for Bolthouse Fresh Foods,” said Timothy Escamilla, Chief Executive Officer. “This investment expands our capacity, strengthens our supply, and elevates how we serve our customers—ensuring we can capture growth, meet rising demand, and drive category growth.”
Escamilla added, “Equally important, we’re excited to support the Sparks community with new job opportunities and local partnerships, creating long-term value for the region while advancing our mission to nourish people with fresh, nutritious food.”
This expansion builds on Bolthouse Fresh Foods’ legacy of delivering fresh, nutritious, and great-tasting carrots. With over 100 years of expertise in distribution efficiency and supply chain excellence, it underscores the company’s commitment to long-term growth and continued leadership in the industry.
About Bolthouse Fresh Foods
Headquartered in the heart of California’s Central Valley, Bolthouse Fresh Foods has been a trusted name in produce since 1915. As one of North America’s largest growers, packers, and distributors of fresh carrots, we serve a full range of eating occasions—from healthy snacking to meal prep staples. With a dedicated team of 1,600 employees across our growing, harvesting, and processing operations, we cultivate and distribute fresh carrots year-round through an integrated network that includes efficient rail shipping to our distribution center in Hodgkins, Illinois. You’ll find Bolthouse Fresh products in major retailers across the U.S. and in foodservice and manufacturing channels nationwide. In 2025, Bolthouse Fresh Foods was recognized by Fast Company as one of North America’s Most Innovative Companies, a testament to our commitment to bringing fresh thinking to the produce aisle.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Each Christmas Eve, tradition holds that children leave out a plate of milk and cookies for Santa. During the night Santa Claus might visit in excess of 125 million homes. (Estimates vary.) Should he eat merely a single cookie in each visit, at an average of 100 calories per cookie, Bolthouse Farms analysts estimate that Santa may consume as many as 12.5 billion empty calories in a single night. This season, Bolthouse Farms is encouraging Santa Claus to make a smarter food choice.
Children who learn to make smart food choices at an early age tend to thrive. Childhood obesity rates have tripled over the past three decades[1] and research shows that kids are consuming 5-15% more sugar per day than dietary guidelines allow.[2] To combat the sugar craze, experts recommend making smart food choices, like limiting desserts, sweets and sugary cereals and checking nutrition labels to ensure that sugar isn’t a main ingredient.[3] As sugar is undoubtedly the primary ingredient in the 125 million cookies Santa may consume on Christmas Eve, this gives American parents an ideal moment to discuss food choices.
Bolthouse Farms’ Cut and Peeled Baby Carrots will be repackaged this December as the “Official Snack of Santa.” The holiday carrots will be available exclusively at Wal-Mart stores nationwide. At 35 calories per serving and full of Vitamin A and beta carotene, baby carrots give Santa and his reindeer the nutritious edge needed to navigate their global journey. With a satisfying crunch that pairs well with favorite holiday dips and dressings, baby carrots are an ideal snack for “all the good boys and girls,” young and old.
“We are sympathetic to Santa and we love cookies, too. But we’re sure Mrs. Claus would welcome it if Santa cut down on the empty calories,” said Jeff Dunn, chief executive officer, Bolthouse Farms. “Even small food choices, made the right way day after day, can have a positive, lasting impact.”
To complement its holiday campaign, Bolthouse Farms is helping to raise funds for Action Against Hunger, a global humanitarian organization committed to ending hunger and developing sustainable nutritionsolutions. Beginning on November 26 and running for one month, Bolthouse Farms asks consumers to help Santa fight hunger by pledging their support on www.facebook.com/bolthousefarms. For every pledge, Bolthouse Farms will donate $1 to Action Against Hunger, up to $25,000.
“The people at Action Against Hunger are putting every resource at their disposal towards the fight against hunger, and we’re proud to support them,” said Bolthouse Farms’ Jeff Dunn. “For some communities, of course, food choices are not a choice at all – access to food and clean water are limited. For other communities, more options exist, and children can learn at an early age to make choices that keep them healthy and engaged.”
Bolthouse Farms is a health-and-wellness focused company. Headquartered in California’s San Joaquin Valley, Bolthouse has grown to become America’s premier producer of carrots, as well as a category leader in super-premium juices, smoothies, protein shakes, cafe beverages and premium refrigerated dressings.
- Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Flegal KM. Prevalence of obesity and trends in body mass index among US children and adolescents, 1999-2010. JAMA. 2012;307:483-90.
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans, health.gov
- Mayo Clinic, http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/kids-and-sugar/MY02029
About Bolthouse Farms
Bolthouse Farms is a farm located in California’s fertile San Joaquin Valley, known for high-quality consumer brands and innovative products. Bolthouse Farms is a market share leader in growing and distributing carrots. In addition, Bolthouse Farms produces and sells super-premium juices, smoothies, protein shakes and cafe beverages under the Bolthouse Farms brand name. In recent years, Bolthouse Farms diversified its offerings by launching a line of premium refrigerated yogurt dressings and extra virgin olive oil vinaigrettes. The Bolthouse Farms mission is to Inspire the Fresh Revolution™ and change the way people consume healthy foods and beverages. The company was acquired by Campbell Soup Company on Aug. 6, 2012. To learn more about the company’s mission and see the entire line of current products, visit www.bolthouse.com.
About Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization that works to save the lives of acutely malnourished children and ensure that communities have long-term access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene. By providing immediate assistance during times of emergency while integrating our programs into local and national systems for sustainability, we aim to restore health, self-sufficiency, and independence to vulnerable populations around the world.
Source: Bolthouse Farms