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The family grows: chickpeas, sweet corn, mushrooms, peach and fruit cocktails !

October 26th, 2013  


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Montana Azul expands its family of products to a new range of everyday flavors.

Sweet favorites such as “fruit cocktail” and “peach halves” join our grocery products along with the ready-to-eat vegetables “chickpeas”, “mushrooms”, “green peas” and “sweet corn”. Different presentations for the different uses in both local and international markets.

Victor Arias Jimenez, founder of the company, celebrates the registration of the whole product line at the Ministry of Health and the entrance to the local supermarkets : “We are growing in every direction ! Our vision has been to offer gourmet products from Costa Rica to the world. Today we complement it with every day products.  Montaña Azul branded products allow you to create a complete menu”.

Montaña Azul will arrive to  both retail and wholesale clients in national and international markets.

The family grows. Good for you!.

Wilkomen to Anuga Show: Take a coffee with us, Pavilion 3.1 Stand D010 !

September 26th, 2013  

 

papaya1For the first time Montana Azul participates with the Costa Rica Pavilion in Anuga Food Show, Germany!.

Buy your ticket to Germany, free your agenda, close your computer from 5 to 9 of October and join us from 10 am to 7 pm at the KoelnMesse, Cologne. Walk though our coffee with passion fruit aroma, taste our pineapple-mango in glass jars and be the first to know the Cassava with spices (Yuca con especies) at the very best place for that : Anuga 2013.

Picture this: 150 000 people visiting and 5 days of show, innovations from 10 different sectors of the food shows (from gourmet foods to technology) and exhibitors from every corner of the world.

Alonso Arias, Sales Director reviews: “Is our third participation at the show. We will be taking orders for  heart of palm and cassava, showing our new Kosua papaya in glass jars and presenting our Daloö Bouquet coffee with 10 different aromas. Anuga is as well an opportunity to learn about our visitors and understand the trends of the food market. That’s our homework. A beautiful homework “.

5 continents in one roof to honor the world of tastes and flavors.  The food fair that sets the trend on the foods globally produced and traded. In previous years Montana Azul participated under the AlInvest program (Internationalization project for latin american companies, promoted by the European Union and the CostaRican Chamber of Exporters CADEXCO.

This year for the first time Montana Azul will be at the Costa Rica “Country Pavilion” organized by Procomer (Promotion Agency for Costa Rican Trade). This year the company is promoting their brand new  KOSUA papaya (in glass jars) a premium solution and their premium Roasted Coffee 100% Arabica : “Daloö Bouquet Coffee ” directly from their farms in Costa Rica.

Our Sales team represented by Victor and Alonso, both members of the Arias family, will be personally taking care of all visitors.  Pass by to say  hello to them and if you have any idea to collaborate mark a meeting at info@montana-azul.com

 

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Buyers Trade Mission in Costa Rica – 2 days of meetings

September 18th, 2013  

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Pahola Arias and Victor Arias listening well and taking notes of a client’s requirement.

It was clear since the beginning that this will be the biggest Buyers Trade Mission ever. This year we celebrate the 15th edition, after many million of dollars negotiated at this same event throughout already 15 years. Bravo to Costa Rica!.

From fresh produce to flavoring, from bread to exotic liqueurs, our colleagues exporters are in our same team this time: showing with hard work and best effort our quality products to importers who came from all over the world.  Everything made in Costa Rica under one same room. Two days full of meetings one after another, under a clock that marks the end and the begging of each of the appointments, previously organized by Procomer (Costa Rican office for Foreign Trade Promotion)

Buyers Trade Mission (BTM) is the main annual event organized by the Export Promotion Agency of Costa Rica (PROCOMER). This venue gathers, in one single place, the most remarkable Costa Rican export firms and top international buyers who visit the country from diverse destinations such as the European Union, Asia, North America the Caribbean region, among others.

The negotiator for each guest company waits for the CostaRican exporter company and the exchange of information initiates a commercial relationship that many times generates a very good friendship.

Welcome to Costa Rica and good business ! Montaña Azul will be waiting for you at the 16th edition next year.

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Pamela Arias at the Booth of exhibitors at the Convention Center Hall

Serving more markets with Kashrut Certification

September 13th, 2013  

KosherRabbi Prober and Mr Parlato from Centro Israelita with Victor Arias B, our Business Developer

Montana Azul certifies Kosher (K) to all the products elaborated at their facilities.  More markets that can be served!

 

Victor Arias Benavides, Business Developer for Montana Azul states  ” We want to add value to our clients in every possible way.  When our client chooses our company they will be listened to in each of their needs. Our customers needs are our challenges, therefore this certification was incorporated to our products once again”.

 

Kosher certification is recognized for some consumers in various markets as a quality certification. It certifies that the processes of Montana Azul plant follows the requirements stated by the Orthodox Jewish Law.  The visit of the Rabbi I. Prober and the representative of the Israeli Center Mr. Parlato took place throughout the production process.

 

The Centro Israelita Sionista de Costa Rica, founded in 1937,  is the leading organization for the Kosher product supervision in the whole CostaRican territory.

 

 

Fancy Food Show brought only good news!

August 14th, 2013  

 

During 4 days at the heart of New York, Manhattan saw the food industry gather again into the biggest show since decades. Montana Azul was there to share a bit of our good news and successes: we have expanded the plant capacity in this 2013 and we have achieved new markets that brought new ideas to our products.

Many new friends and contacts were met at the Summer Fancy Food Show 2013.  We were busy promoting our Boutique Roasted Coffee Daloö (from our own farms and our own roasting process) and presented other innovative products such as the Cassava with Garlic (a classic latin american recipe ready to eat).

Pineapple in glass jars also take part in the new trends for our clients who chose to enjoy the yellow of the MD2 golden pineapple from our North Atlantic Costa Rica.  As Pamela Arias, responsible for the company’s participation, confirmed ” It’s not only the joy to be part of a such important industry, but also to be able to represent our country and let the food world know about our quality and possibilities. Specially us in this family company that can seriously commit to high standards through ISO 22000 and Quality through Kosher but also can operate with the flexibility of a good friend”

New ideas, great projects and more good friends. It’s always good to meet at the Summer Fancy Food Show.

 

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Fancy Food show 2013 welcomes Montana Azul as exhibitor at the booth 4270

May 16th, 2013  

 

 

 

Montana Azul extends a warm  invitation to visit their booth at the summer Fancy Food show 2013 at Jacob Javits Center in NYC. The booth number is 4270 and the products to be displayed are their Heart of palm (in their different presentations), Canned cassava, Pineapple and Roasted Coffee. All those products made at their own facilities in Costa Rica, certified by the ISO 22000, audited by the NSF and the FDA.

Agroindustrial Montana Azul will be representing Costa Rica with the Costa Rican Promotion Agency for Trade and Commerce, an organization that supports exporters and Small Medium Enterprises.

Pamela Arias, Operations Director for Montana Azul will be leading this year’s booth at the Fancy Food Show.  “We expect to greet our current global clients and to make new friends at the show. It’s always grateful to be able to see how much US companies trust our high quality products, our serious experience and our family business as a whole”

The show is expected to take place the 30th of June until 3 of July, 2013.

FDA audits Montana Azul and reconfirms green light

April 18th, 2013  

Heredia, April 2013.

The FDA Auditor Team visited Costa Rica in order to audit the production facilities of Montana Azul at Horquetas de Sarapiqui.  The local team at the factory has a solid knowledge on these type of audits: they get audited frequently from clients and from certification companies in various fields.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety, among others.

As the CEO of the company confirms ” Our company has been exporting to United States of America for more than 10 years already, we are always keeping track of any changes on the FDA requirements and implementing them immediately. This is a solid factory and a solid team. The FDA is always welcome to visit our facilities”.

Montaña Azul was granted the certificate ISO 22000 lately, consolidating its factory as a serious global quality provider of high standard food products. The CITA (Center for Food Technology Research at the University of Costa Rica) as well as the INA (National Learning Institute) work close to the Quailty Team reinforcing the company’s competitiveness.

 

Montana Azul received the certification ISO 22000

November 30th, 2012  

The certification is here!. More  than 2 years of hard work and documenting every single process taking place at Montana Azul are finally getting to a happy end : Implementation of ISO 22000 is completed and the certification process started. All gaps are closed, all process are ready and developed. Implementation of the norm is finally over.

The ISO 22000 norm basically is a validation of what the company offers : complete control of the process in every step of it.

All the organizations involved are leaders on their field. They include the team of INA (National Institute of Learning), the team of CITA (Center of Research in Food Technology from the University of Costa Rica), the team of MICIT (Ministery of Science and Technology of the Government of Costa Rica), the team of INTECO (Costarican Normalization Institute) and of course the brave team of Montaña Azul that absorbed all the knowledge and has implemented it.

We congratulate from now the positive result, as it is expected, since the auditors predict an absolute success!

Congratulations!

 

Productos ticos se exhibieron en feria de alimentos más importante del mundo

November 16th, 2012  

Productos ticos se exhibieron en feria de alimentos más importante del mundo

San Jose, Costa Rica, 11-14-2012

Productos nacionales de la industria alimentaria fueron expuestos ante unos 140.000 empresarios de 200 países en la feria de alimentos más importante del mundo, SIAL París 2012. El objetivo de esta visita fue promover la oferta exportable costarricense en este evento, que contó con unos 5.900 expositores.

La Promotora del Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica (PROCOMER) y la Cámara de Exportadores de Costa Rica (CADEXCO) con apoyo del Programa Al-Invest, coordinaron la participación en SIAL París 2012, donde asistieron nueve empresarios con productos como: pastas, tubérculos congelados, jugo de piña 100% natural, palmito, café tostado, yuca enlatada, sustitutos de azúcar, frutas tropicales congeladas, arroz enlatado y atún.

Para Álvaro Piedra, Gerente de Promoción Comercial de PROCOMER, esta actividad le permitió al empresario nacional del sector alimentario posicionar su oferta exportable y diversificar sus mercados de destino. “Europa es un socio comercial muy importante para Costa Rica, en el 2011, 547 empresas exportaron $1.885 millones a esta región. Y al ser esta una feria de clase mundial, nos abre una amplia ventana de oportunidades, por eso queremos incrementar la presencia de productos ticos en el continente europeo y en todo el mundo; así como posicionar a Costa Rica como un país con productos de calidad y valor agregado”, afirmó.

Las empresas ticas que participaron en SIAL París 2012 son: Roma Prince, Productos Congelados Bajo Cero, Florida Products, Agroindustrial Montaña Azul, Alimento Cónica, Sweetwell Costa Rica, Tropifrost, Conservas Finca de Oro y Costa Rica Coffee Export.

La delegación de Costa Rica contó con un pabellón país de 101.53 m2 y cada empresa tuvo su propio espacio de exhibición, donde recibieron a los compradores interesados. Adicionalmente, hubo una cafetería de Costa Rica Coffee Export para promover el café de tico.

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Our boutique coffee : from our farms to your cup !

November 5th, 2012  

God created this coffee beans : we just deliver them to you !

Just imagine a coffee that has the wind of the Caribbean sea, the breeze of the Pacific winds and the touch of chocolated soils heated on volcanic soils, with a bit of fruity notes.