{"id":40904,"date":"2024-01-12T15:04:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T20:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=40904"},"modified":"2024-01-12T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T20:05:00","slug":"farewell-to-floridas-citrus-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/01\/12\/farewell-to-floridas-citrus-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to Florida’s Citrus King"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In Orlando, Florida, a big orange packing company, Emerald Packing Company, is closing down<\/a>. This company has been a big deal in Florida’s orange business since 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The owner, Stuart Arost, said he’s got mixed feelings about closing. His family has run this company for a long time. They used to pack a lot of oranges, like 240 million boxes, but now it’s way less, just 3 million. This big drop shows how much the orange packing business has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arost’s family story is a lot like other family businesses. Working with his dad and later his sons, he faced good and bad times. He said there’s something special about a family business. But now, with fewer oranges to pack and things changing in the area, they decided it’s time to close.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Arost knows things change, especially in growing places like Orlando. He said it’s important to keep up with changes but also remember the past. Closing the company is a big deal. It’s not just about their family business ending, but it also shows how the whole orange business in Florida is changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arost said goodbye to the company with both sadness and hope for the future. The end of Emerald Packing Company is a big moment for Florida’s orange history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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