Our Story

Rigby Team

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  Marianne Rigby
  Head of Sales

  Marianne Rigby

  Head of Sales

  Both born in Mexico and educated in England, Marianne and Gabriela are bilingual and bicultural and grew up in the fruit business on their family owned strawberry farm in Jalisco, Mexico.

  Marianne holds a B.A. and M.A. in Biological Sciences from Cambridge University, England. A keen entrepreneur and innovator, Marianne introduced plastic bubble containers and "ready to eat, no wash" strawberries to Mexico, allowing her to sell fruit for three times the price. She diversified her company to become the first to sell fresh raspberries into the Mexican market and to process raspberries for the frozen fruit market in the US and Europe. Marianne expanded the family operation to supply frozen strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and mangoes to the US market. After relocating to the US, Marianne provided consultation for various US-based companies such as Driscoll, CMS and Brown Cow Yogurt.

  She founded Rigby Frozen Foods in 2007 and directed sales and operations, implemented logistics and inventory systems, managed offshore production teams, and headed up the import/export division. In 2017, Marianne launched Rigby Foods as a USA distributor to expand the family business and continue supplying the highest quality certified frozen fruits out of Mexico, Latin and Central America.

  "Growing up on a farm and working in various production capacities, I appreciate everything that needs to be done to deliver an outstanding product to the market.

  The industry is growing rapidly and every few months we bring new products with exciting flavors and applications to our consumers. Our customers are constantly requesting that we introduce new and exotic products that are delicious and with high nutritional value.

  I feel very lucky to have found a career that enables me to bring the world’s best fruit flavors to the best companies in the US and have a direct positive impact on the environment."