The People Behind the Produce - Ray

Ray has been with Peddler's Son Produce for about a year. Those of you in the North Scottsdale area will be familiar with Ray, but he also helps fill in on other random assignments. He was born in Bellflower, CA which is just outside of Long Beach. He grew up in Tolleson, AZ on a 40 acre dairy farm. A Marine for 4 years, he worked as an aircraft mechanic on the A6 Intruder. Later, he attended Arizona State University West where he completed his degree in Accounting and even holds most of his credits for an MBA. He is divorced, has 4 children and even two grandkids!

So Ray, what is your.......

Favorite Movie: The Princess Bride anything SciFi

Favorite Music: Kid Rock & Country

Favorite TV Character: Brandon Fraser

Favorite Food: Meat & taters and Chinese

Favorite Quote: You know, a couple of years ago, this would have seemed really strange to me Brandon Fraser from The Mummy Returns (2001)

First Job: Feeding milk cows on the dairy farm when I was 13

People Person I'd most like to have dinner with: Nixon and JFK

What I like to do in my leisure time: Go dancing at Fort McDowell and spend time my girlfriend

Something you may not know about me: Parents were green card aliens and100% Dutch. Ray is a first generation American. So when you see Ray, you may just hear him say 'Goedemorgen!' (Good morning!)