The Vidalia onion industry has plans for an aggressive promotional season, said Bob Stafford, interim director of the Vidalia Onion Committee in Vidalia, Ga.

Cherries are arguably the last seasonal produce item, and marketers say retailers can leverage the unique appeal of cherries to drive department sales all summer long.

Supervalu plans to prune its retail portfolio again, announcing April 24 that it is pursuing the sale of Shop ‘n Save stores in the Midwest and in the East.

Products in the U.S. have been added to a recall on greenhouse microgreens originating in Canada.

With New Zealand shipments arriving in U.S. ports in mid-April, Koru apples are reaching markets across the country as May begins.

It has been three weeks since the CDC released its first alert about romaine from Arizona, linking the product to a multistate E. coli outbreak, and the FDA is still looking for the source.