Enrique Escudero is the CEO of ACORSA USA, a DCOOP S.COOP.AND company, with over 15 years’ experience in the olives and olive oil business. He grew up surrounded by farmers and his family is still involved in olive farming. He consistently strives to promote the healthy benefits of Olives and olive oil consumption and their quality. Enrique established ACORSA USA, Inc. in California in 2003 and permanently moved to the U.S. in 2007 to lead ACORSA USA. He has experience in all aspects of distribution, finance and import management.
ACORSA USA is the American subsidiary of DCOOP; it operates various lines of co-operative based products as its importer, distributor, sales, and marketing division in the USA. DCOOP (formerly Grupo Hojiblanca), is the largest producer of olive oil and table olives in the world. A cooperative of more than 75,000 families of farmers. 100% of our products (olives, Olive Oil, and wine) are coming from its farms, which allows them to have a complete traceability of the production process (from the harvest to the final product) and to keep the consistency of the quality year after year.
Acorsa USA Inc has been operating in the US since 2003 supplying directly Importers and Retailers, basically under Private Label Contract. In 2017, Acorsa USA obtained its Wine Importer License.
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