Robert Delgado has been running Western Growers’ in-plant like a business for nearly 20 years now.

By Joe Ranoia

“I threw a number at them and they took it,” he muses. So in 1988 he returned to Western Growers as their in-plant manager. He’s been there ever since. November 14th will be his 20-year anniversary with the company.

Right away Delgado was faced with a few challenges.

“We were running in the red,” he admits. “They were choosing to outsource the work. That’s why it was challenging, because I had to find a way to get that work back in here.”