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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001558370-20-002271
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200310

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CALAVO GROWERS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001133470
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE SERVICES [0700]
		IRS NUMBER:				330945304
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

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		STREET 1:		1141A CUMMINGS ROAD
		CITY:			SANTA PAULA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93060
		BUSINESS PHONE:		805-525-1245

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		STREET 1:		1141A CUMMINGS ROAD
		CITY:			SANTA PAULA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93060
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Calavo Growers, Inc. &#x2013; Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2019 &#x2013; Filed December 19, 2019 Form &#x2013; 8-K Filed December 20, 2019 &#x2013; File No. 000-33385</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-style:italic;color:#000000;">Please tell us why your adjustment (a) to eliminate the equity pickup for your investment in FreshRealm and adjustment (e) which adds back in the losses recorded with respect to your equity investment in Limoneira do not substitute individually-tailored income or expense recognition methods for those of GAAP.&nbsp;&nbsp;Refer to Question 100.04 of the Division&#x2019;s Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">We acknowledge the Staff&#x2019;s comment and respectfully submit that, for the reasons set forth below, our non-GAAP adjustment (also referred to herein as &#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Supplemental Disclosures&#x201D;) (a) to eliminate the equity pickup for our investment in FreshRealm and (e) an adjustment which adds back in the losses (or gains) recorded with respect to our equity investment in Limoneira (note that the gains/losses on our equity investment in Limoneira are now required to run through the income statement, a &#x201C;Mark-to-Market&#x201D; type adjustment as required per new GAAP rules implemented at Calavo Growers, Inc. (&#x201C;Calavo&#x201D;) in fiscal 2019 year), do not substitute individually-tailored income or expense recognition methods for those of GAAP.&nbsp;&nbsp;For the following reasons, we do not believe these are individually tailored recognition or measurement methods which violate Rule 100(b) of Regulation G and thus should not be prohibited under the Staff&#x2019;s guidance in Question 100.04 of the Division of Corporation Finance&#x2019;s Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (&#x201C;Question 100.04&#x201D;):</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Calavo Growers Inc. does not control and therefore does not manage FreshRealm, LLC (&#x201C;FreshRealm&#x201D;), in which Calavo has approx. 35% ownership, or Limoneira Company (&#x201C;Limoneira&#x201D; or &#x201C;LMNR&#x201D;), in which Calavo owns approx. 9%.&nbsp; Calavo management cannot and does not control the gains and/or losses recorded in our financial statements related to either of these entities.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:9pt;">Footnote 1:&nbsp;&nbsp;Sales of avocados purchased from Limoneira represented approximately 1.1% of total avocado net sales and 1.4% of total avocado gross profit in fiscal year 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sales of products to FreshRealm represented approximately 0.4% of total RFG net sales and 0.5% of total RFG gross profit in fiscal year 2019.&nbsp; </font>

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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Neither FreshRealm nor Limoneria have any significant impact on Calavo&#x2019;s operations (see footnote 1 below), which are organized into three business segments, Fresh, Calavo Foods and Renaissance Food Group (&#x201C;RFG&#x201D;).&nbsp;&nbsp;When determining the nature of items to be included in our Supplemental Disclosures, to the extent we determine any are appropriate, the Company identifies certain amounts/transactions that it believes neither significantly relate to the ordinary course of the Company&#x2019;s business, nor significantly impact the Company&#x2019;s underlying business performance. For the aforementioned reason (and the supporting points noted in footnote 1 below), we believe FreshRealm and Limoneira fit this definition.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Our Chief Operating Decision Maker (i.e., our chief executive officer &#x201C;CEO&#x201D;) does not consider FreshRealm or Limoneira when measuring Calavo&#x2019;s underlying business performance, primarily because our CEO cannot and does not directly control their operations and as noted earlier these businesses do not significantly relate to or significantly impact our underlying business.&nbsp;&nbsp;As a result, the same non-GAAP financial measures related to FreshRealm and Limoneira that we disclose as Supplemental Disclosures in our quarterly earnings release (filed in Form 8K) are included in our monthly internal management reporting package and the financial review section of our regular board of director presentations (our board updates are frequent for a public company of our size, eleven regular board of director meetings per year).</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">The Compensation Committee of our board of directors does not consider FreshRealm or Limoneira when measuring management performance against management incentive plan and therefore these businesses do not impact management incentive pay.&nbsp;&nbsp;This point is noted in Calavo&#x2019;s February 28, 2020 proxy statement (page 35) in which it is noted that &#x201C;The Compensation Committee concluded bonuses should be awarded to each executive officer equal to the $52M-$55M tranche after taking into account the 2019 adjusted net income achieved&#x2026;&#x201D;.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Sell-side research analysts (often useful proxies for our institutional and retail investors) covering Calavo seem to find the Supplemental Disclosures in our quarterly earnings release useful information.&nbsp;&nbsp;Although they are presented with and have access to both GAAP diluted earnings per share and Adjusted diluted earnings per share, they generally utilize the adjusted non-GAAP number when applying a P/E multiple in their earnings valuation models.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is likely the case because Limoneira (NASDAQ listed public company under the ticker LMNR) and FreshRealm are better valued separately using alternative methods and/or multiples than the methods and multiples used to value Calavo&#x2019;s underlying business.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Calavo only provides this supplemental disclosure in our earnings release (not in 10K or 10Q) and does not give the Supplemental Disclosures any prominence over GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Calavo believes that providing these non-GAAP Supplemental Disclosures, specifically adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share, enhances our stakeholders ability to compare the Company&#x2019;s past financial performance with its current performance. </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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