Case Study: VegPacker streamlines hiring and H-2A visa processing with Smartsheet

VegPacker Solves Hiring Challenges with Smartsheet

VegPacker is a family-run produce harvesting company operating across California, Arizona, and central Mexico that supplies lettuce for roughly 20% of the bagged salads consumed in the U.S. With more than 1,000 employees and a highly mobile workforce, the company struggled to coordinate hiring, track 800+ field workers, and manage the complex H-2A visa process and other critical documentation without a centralized system.

By adopting Smartsheet as a cloud-based operations hub, VegPacker centralized recruiting, visa processing, travel documents, injury and absence tracking, and project work with real-time visibility and automated alerts. The result: a more efficient, collaborative operation that saves the CEO 5–10 hours weekly, enables VegPacker to process more H-2A visas than other regional harvesters, and helps the company secure and run larger contracts.

VegPacker

Steve Scaroni

Owner & President