Proper handling is essential to delivering a quality product on a consistent basis. There must be care in handling from the time they are sorted in the growing area all the way to the restaurant or supermarket. The importance to handling can't be emphasized enough. Key areas to handling are.
Speed of sorting belts at farm: If the belts are moving to fast the tomatoes may absorb "Mechanical damage"
Transportation: The trucks that transport the tomatoes, both from the farm and to Thomas Colace Co. customers, can bruise them if they are to rough during the drive. Tomatoes are like people in the fact that they bruise easily. Our trucks are equipped with "Air Ride" (inserted picture) instead of "Springs". This cushions the tomatoes as much as possible on the road.
Packing: Tomatoes that have turned from green to pink and or red are more susceptible to being bruised. We at Thomas Colace Co. believe that by packing each tomato by hand instead of a mechanical color and size sorter our customers will receive a firmer more consistent product.
Packaging: In many of our packages the tomatoes rest on 1" air filled bubble pack. The same type of packaging that is used to transport expensive china. This bubble forms around the perimeter of the tomato so as to evenly distribute any shock from loading and unloading.
Speed of sorting belts at farm: If the belts are moving to fast the tomatoes may absorb "Mechanical damage" 
Transportation: The trucks that transport the tomatoes, both from the farm and to Thomas Colace Co. customers, can bruise them if they are to rough during the drive. Tomatoes are like people in the fact that they bruise easily. Our trucks are equipped with "Air Ride" (inserted picture) instead of "Springs". This cushions the tomatoes as much as possible on the road. 
Packing: Tomatoes that have turned from green to pink and or red are more susceptible to being bruised. We at Thomas Colace Co. believe that by packing each tomato by hand instead of a mechanical color and size sorter our customers will receive a firmer more consistent product. 
Packaging: In many of our packages the tomatoes rest on 1" air filled bubble pack. The same type of packaging that is used to transport expensive china. This bubble forms around the perimeter of the tomato so as to evenly distribute any shock from loading and unloading.