Sunkist has announced overall revenues in excess of $1bn (€727m) for the calendar year 2010.
The world's oldest and largest citrus marketing cooperative, which represents growers in California and Arizona, revealed the figures at its 117th annual meeting.
President and CEO Russell Hanlin told more than 800 growers that the organisation had 'ended the year strong and financially stable, increasingly efficient and well positioned for continued success.'
He went on to cite the 'coordination between our sales and marketing team and our packinghouses' as a major factor in the positive results.
After the meeting, Mark Gillette of Gillette Citrus was elected to his first term as chairman, replacing Nicholas Bozick, who had served the maximum five terms allowed under Sunkist by-laws.
