The closure of Snokist Growers’s fresh-fruit packing business marks the end of an era for one of the oldest fruit packers in the Yakima, Washington, district. But company President Jim Davis said it opens up new opportunities for Snokist as a fruit processor. Snokist was established in 1903. Whereas most fruit packers in the state handle only fresh fruit, Snokist has also been a major processor. In fact, over the last 20 years or so, processing has been the major part of its business, Davis said. Last season, the company packed about 20,000 tons of fresh fruit and processed about […]