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UPDATE: Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule 2019

November 05, 2019

The Markon office will be closed on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 28), but open for regular business on Friday, November 29. All times listed below are Pacific Standard Time.

  • Idaho, Oregon, and Washington onion and potato growers will not load trucks on Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 28)
    • Sheds will operate on a limited basis on Wednesday, November 27, Friday, November 29, and Saturday, November 30
    • All orders must be placed no later than 10 a.m. on Monday, November 18 (for loading Wednesday, November 27 and Friday, November 29)
    • Trucks must call ahead for loading arrangements 
  • All Arizona, California, and East Coast grower-shippers will be closed on Thanksgiving (no loading available Thursday, November 28)
    • Expect some suppliers to operate under restricted shipping hours on Wednesday, November 27 and Friday, November 29
    • Trucks must call ahead for appointments
  • Taylor Farms will be the only exception with limited loading on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 28)
    • Taylor loading hours will run from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 28
    • Taylor loading hours for Friday, November 29 will be normal
    • Trucks that need to load at Taylor later than 8:00 p.m. on Friday must call to make arrangements
  • 4-Earth Farms will close at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27 and will reopen at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, November 29
  • Many shippers’ sales offices will be operating on a restricted basis Wednesday, November 27 and Friday, November 29

Please contact your Markon customer service representative for more information.

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