Latest News From Foodservice

Salinas, Calif.-based vegetable grower-shipper Coastline Family Farms has formed a new dry onion growing/packing joint venture with Echo, Ore.-based Madison Ranches. The new entity is Madison-Cox Onions LLC.

Following the granny smith and golden delicious, the Arctic Fuji apple, engineered to resist browning, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

It’s apt that as Earth Day (April 22) raised the awareness of sustainable packaging and alternatives to plastic, a trio of companies have been in strawberry fields testing a prototype cardboard clamshell.

The United Fresh Produce Association has chosen the chefs and foodservice professionals to be honored through the United Fresh Produce Excellence in Foodservice Award Program.

Feeding children produce in schools is important to me because I care about education, progress, the future of humanity — and I make a living off of selling healthy produce.

Like everyone else, I’m a big fan of Amazon Prime — the ease of one-click shopping and virtually instant gratification of my needs or wants.

The Urban School Food Alliance has named Katie Wilson as its first executive director.

It’s no longer just iceberg lettuce and blue cheese crumbles on the salad menu these days.

Two leading personalities shaping U.S. food culture will share top billing at Produce Marketing Association’s Foodservice Conference & Expo.

The Irvine-based California Avocado Commission completed some multi-tiered research last fall and has shared some of the foodservice-related findings.

DENVER — Crowd-sourced nutrition fads, low-carb diets, the “snackification” of America and global competition are some of the challenges facing the U.S. potato industry.

DENVER — Crowd-sourced nutrition fads, low-carb diets, the “snackification” of America and global competition are some of the challenges facing the U.S. potato industry.

Mango importers and handlers will be receiving ballots to vote on whether the National Mango Board programs should include frozen mangoes.

Produce distributor FreshPack Produce, Denver, is the exclusive supplier to Torchy’s Tacos in Colorado.

Guava and rutabaga are among the fresh produce items highlighted in the winter 2019 issue of United Fresh Produce Association’s Fresh Insights for Foodservice report.

Mike Needham will be the new senior vice president of purchasing and logistics at foodservice distributor Ben E. Keith Foods, succeeding the retiring Andy McCaskill.

The United Fresh Produce Association has opened nominations for the Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards Program.

Foodservice supplier US Foods Holding Corp. is expanding its Marrero, La., facility, nearly tripling its size to support growth in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

California Giant Berry Farms is sponsoring a second annual Chef Invitational, seeking chefs at foodservice partners across the country to compete.

Satur Farms, Cutchogue, N.Y., is recalling baby spinach and mesclun mix over salmonella concerns.

Satur Farms, Cutchogue, N.Y., is recalling baby spinach and mesclun mix over salmonella concerns.

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Once acclaimed as a top chef for the elite, Dan Giusti has a vision to bring better food to students.

Stemilt Growers’ spokesman chef, Ethan Stowell, recently visited the company’s Fresh Center headquarters in Wenatchee, Wash.

I don’t like mushrooms, but I keep trying to buddy up with them because they’re so popular.

A new year is a time to both look back and forward at what’s ahead. There are lots of publications with food trends and it can be tough sifting through all the ideas.

The produce industry can do more to make school foodservice operations more effective in buying and handling fresh fruits and vegetables, Stephanie Bruce believes.

School foodservice buyers have access to a new membership category at the United Fresh Produce Association.

I’ll admit it, I’m a sucker for end-of-the-year predictions about what the new year will bring — especially when it comes to culinary trends or bets on what produce item will become “the next kale.”

Patricia Jimenez has been promoted to director of national contracts at Fresh Concepts Inc., Murrieta, Calif.

All product recall issues — which, at their core, are traceability issues — center around 3 important things: identify, isolate, communicate.

Too many companies and people pretend food safety problems in fresh produce don’t exist.

Pelion, S.C.-based WP Rawl, a grower/shipper/processor of leafy greens, again participated in Wreaths Across America’ Honor Fleet.

California-based salad chain Chop Stop has signed agreements for 16 new locations in three states for 2019.

Foodservice distributor What Chefs Want, Louisville, Ky., is expanding its network with the purchase of Mid/West Fresh Produce, Columbus, Ohio.

Consumers are spending food dollars at foodservice at unprecedented rates, and the potato industry recognizes the opportunity, marketers say.

Leaving fruit and vegetable serving requirements untouched, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided school districts more options for milk, grains and sodium standards.

Golbon, a national network of foodservice suppliers, has promoted Pamala Padilla to vice president of procurement.

Phoenix, Ariz.-based Stern Produce Co. Inc. has been awarded a maximum $99.85 million contract to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to military facilities, schools and reservations in Arizona.

Alan Kahn is the new vice president of foodservice for the Idaho Potato Commission, Boise.

A healthy foodservice industry translates to a robust Florida tomato business, said Michael Schadler, deputy manager of the Maitland-based Florida Tomato Committee.

As healthy, colorful food grows ever more trendy in 2019, expect to see produce used in all sorts of crazy ways, according to Frieda’s Specialty Produce.

Mushrooms are squeezing their way into 2019 food trends predictions.

Frieda’s Specialty Produce, Los Alamitos, Calif., has been chosen to be a supplier to Sysco Corp.’s e-commerce platform, Supplies on the Fly.

My daughter’s family was recently visiting me for a week, and we had dinner on Cannery Row in Monterey, Calif.

Featuring a close look at menu trends for apples, the fall edition of United Fresh Produce Association’s Fresh Insights for Foodservice has been released.

A Virginia Beach, Va., elementary school cafeteria manager has received attention for writing inspirational messages to students on bananas.

Growing up in Southern California, I remember hanging out with all the neighborhood kids, playing football in the street, tag, red light-green light and many more games.

Two fresh produce firms were recently awarded multi-million dollar contracts by the Defense Department to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to schools and military bases.

How do you spell clementines? C-U-T-I-E.

Sonic's blended burger is back for fall after a successful summer debut.