Hazel Technologies, Inc. announces five years of quality protection collaboration with Brooks Tropicals, a grower/packer/shipper of over a dozen tropical commodities.
Driving up to the toll booth and security-gate entrance of Hunts Point Produce Market feels like entering an international airport while the U.S. president is in town.
Tropical fruit sales for Melissa’s World Variety Produce are growing strong for a number of items, said Robert Schueller, marketing manager, Los Angeles.
Mexico’s supply of limes will start increasing around mid-May as the harvest transitions from the winter crop to the spring crop, said Michael Castagnetto, vice president of sourcing for Robinson Fresh.
Homestead, Fla.-based Brooks Tropicals LLC has added Javier Gonzalez Ebra as the firm’s sales manager and added industry veteran Emil Bravo as the company’s newest salesman.
With foodservice and retail trends broadly pointing to greater consumption of tropical fruits and vegetables, marketers say retailers who want to quicken that momentum have numerous options.
