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TOMATOES — F.O.B.S AS OF MAY 14

CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA DISTRICTS — Shipments (433-454-398) — Movement expected to increase. Trading moderate. Prices 5x6s higher, others lower. Extra services included. 25-pound cartons loose mature-greens 85% U.S. 1 or better 5x6s $8.95-9.95, 6x6s $7.95-8.95, 6x7s $7.95-8.95. Quality generally good.

MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZ. — Crossings (152-146-159, greenhouse 124-123-137, vine-ripes 28-23-22) — Movement expected to decrease seasonally. Supplies 4x4 to 4x5s light. Trading 4x4 to 4x5s fairly active, others slow. Prices 4x4 to 4x5s higher, others generally unchanged. Field-grown and greenhouse cartons/flats two-layer 4x4s mostly $9-10, 4x5s mostly $7.95-9, 5x5s mostly $4.99-5, 5x6s $4.64-5. Quality variable.

MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH OTAY MESA, CALIF. — Crossings (8-8-11, greenhouse 7-7-9, vine-ripes 1-1-2) — Movement expected to increase seasonally. Supplies in too few hands to establish a market. Quality generally good. The first f.o.b. report was expected to be issued the week of May 21.

WEST FLORIDA DISTRICT — Shipments (0-0-0) — Light harvest expected to start the week of May 28. Expect first f.o.b. by the first week of June.

U.S. SHIPPING POINTS — Greenhouse (54-56-**) — No prices reported. **unavailable

CANADA SHIPPING POINTS — Greenhouse (149*-150-**) — No prices reported. **unavailable, *revised

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Perishables Group acquired by Nielsen

01/10/2012 11:22:20 AM
Tom Karst

The Perishables Group has been acquired by retail intelligence giant Nielsen Holdings.

All employees of the Chicago-based Perishables Group will join Schaumburg, Ill.-based Nielsen’s North America Consumer Analytics team, according to a news release from Nielsen. All company assets, including client work and data, are included in the deal.

Bruce Axtman, president and chief executive officer of the Perishables Group, will continue to lead the group, now named as the Nielsen Perishables Group, according to the release.

The Perishables Group was founded in 2000 by Axtman, previously vice president of Barrington, Ill.-based Willard Bishop Consulting. Steve Lutz, who had been president of the Wenatchee, Wash.-based Washington Apple Commission, joined The Perishables Group in July 2000 as the Wenatchee-based executive vice president.

Axtman said the move will help the firm’s fresh produce clients.

“This acquisition is a natural evolution in the long working alliance we have had with Nielsen,” Axtman said in the release. “Our mission is to help retailers and fresh suppliers increase consumer value and improve business performance by helping them apply a consumer-based business model specific to the fresh food business environment.”

“With Perishables Group now fully part of the Nielsen organization, we can accelerate our work to integrate total-store information, thus providing a holistic picture of store-level activity,” John Lewis, president and chief executive officer of Consumer North America, Nielsen, said in the release. “This complete view across all fresh departments — produce, deli, meat, seafood and bakery — provides a distinct advantage for all our clients, including retailers, packaged goods manufacturers and fresh food suppliers.”

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