TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A southern Arizona tomato grower has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in four years with the intention of selling its assets to a major rival.
Willcox-based EuroFresh Farms filed for bankruptcy Monday in Tucson.
San Antonio, Texas-based NatureSweet Limited has announced that it plans to purchase substantially all of the assets of EuroFresh.
NatureSweet and EuroFresh Farms are 2 of the leading producers of fresh tomatoes in North America.
EuroFresh has more than 300 acres of greenhouses in Willcox and Snowflake.
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2009 and emerged as a reorganized company in November 2009.
In bankruptcy papers, EuroFresh said it had fallen into default on its biggest loans and that without an asset sale it would have to cease operations.
Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.
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A big job fair will take place Monday and dozens of positions need to be filled. One of the companies participating in the event is Go Daddy and they don't take part in these fairs often.
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It's been a week since Amy and Samy Bouzaglo's bistro was featured on the FOX hit show. It showed them yelling at Chef Gordon Ramsay, at their customers, and even at their employees.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Louisiana-based meat packing company has expanded a recall of meat products because of possible bacterial contamination.
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