Garlic purchases climbed two percentage points from Fresh Trends 2009. Westerners love this pungent vegetable – shoppers in the West comprised the group most likely to buy garlic for the third straight year.
05/02/2012
After two years of high prices, garlic markets have returned to Earth in 2012, and prices will likely stay at early-May levels until at least this summer, grower-shippers and importers said.
04/11/2012
Jason Christopher has joined family-owned Christopher Ranch LLC. Gilroy, Calif.
01/06/2012
A new labeling program has begun at Coral Springs, Fla.-based Dave’s Specialty Imports Inc., said Mike Bowe, Cincinnati-based vice president of the distributor.
11/29/2011
MONTREAL — Demand for fresh garlic and ginger in Quebec and Ontario is so hot that sales have increased 200% in the past year at Montreal broker CDS, one of Canada’s leading garlic importers.
11/10/2011
Nematodes have been found in imported garlic in New York, and garlic grown in the Empire State could be at risk.