Rice Fruit Company received a record 1.5 millon bushels of apples for packing this season.  Rice Fruit Company of Gardners, Pennsylvania, will pack a record 1.5 million bushels of apples this year, and a large proportion will go to Wal-Mart, its largest single customer. John Rice, sales manager, said Wal-Mart likes to use local fruit in Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio whenever it’s available. Wal-Mart accounts for 22 percent of the company’s business. Normally, Wal-Mart does not want to account for more than 25 percent of any one supplier’s business because it does not want to put others out of […]