Today's number: 252 million

90-pound boxes of oranges that Florida growers will produce this season, almost 25 percent more than last year and their largest crop ever, the Florida Agricultural Statistics Service predicts.

The Associated Press

Today's career talk

Beware spreading workplace horror stories, advises Pat McHenry Sullivan in the book Work With Meaning - Work With Joy. " Negative workplace stories are like junk food," McHenry Sullivan contends. "They may quash awareness of spiritual hunger pains, but they are never fully satisfying. They may carry tips for how to be a little more balanced or comfortable with our lives but they don't help us ask the questions that could create work-life excellence."

John Eckberg

Today's mover

•Rebecca Doll has been named associate at Re/Max Unlimited, Realtors. Doll most recently served as the marketing director for Re/Max Unlimited under team leader Kevin Hildebrand for four years. She brings 10 years of experience in the real estate industry to the position.

Shirley Dees

Today's money tip

A Roth Individual Retirement Account still remains one of the premier ways to plan for long-term saving and investment. The Web features many useful guides about the ins and outs of a Roth IRA. One is Roth IRA, located at www.rothira.com. It contains detailed Roth IRA news and information.

Knight Ridder News Service

Today's Company: Kaiser Foods Inc.

Kaisers On A Roll: The Harry T. Kaiser Pickles and Sauerkraut Co. was founded in 1920 as a food distributor, selling products that were processed and packed mostly by the Farm Packt Pickle Co. of Medina, Ohio. Harry T. Kaiser, Jr.took over from his father in 1967, incorporating ten years later and changing the company name to Kaiser Foods, Inc. Today, the company is headed by Harry Jr.'s son David.

Consolidation: In 1990 Kaiser Foods purchased the Farm Packt Pickle Co. and moved its operations to Cincinnati. The West End company now has two manufacturing facilities in the city plus several pickle-salting yards that contain 500-gallon to 12,000-gallon tanks.

Packing Pickled Peppers: The company's production volume has increased from 1 million pounds of pickles and peppers per year in 1991 to 50 million pounds this year. It also packages vinegars, sauerkraut and imported olives and peppers. Kaiser is a Kosher-approved facility and recently received an "excellent" rating from the USDA.

Who Picks Their Pickles? Customers include food service distributors and industrial consumers in North America, the Caribbean, and Africa. Kaiser sells its products also to the Maisonette as well as to restaurant chains like Frisch's, Izzy's and Olive Garden.

Jenny Callison