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| | 061200 DTA=815253 Tropicana Products Sales, Inc. |
 | | TPI is engaged in the production, distribution and sale of not-from-concentrate chilled orange juice, grapefruit juice and apple juice, juices made from concentrate and a variety of other unchilled blended fruit juice beverages (they shall be collectively referred to as the "juice product"). |
 | | Fresh product generally must be stored in refrigerated warehouses, transported in refrigerated trucks ("reefers") or trains, and finally stored in the refrigerated section of retail supermarkets, stores, or restaurants. |
 | | While Tropicana has dominant market share on the East coast, it is weaker in other parts of the U.S. Third, orange juice is a relatively heavy product which is expensive to transport, but which must be processed close to the source of the oranges to insure freshness and consistency. |
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