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.
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.
Tropical fruit sales for Melissa’s World Variety Produce are growing strong for a number of items, said Robert Schueller, marketing manager, Los Angeles.
The June 10-12 United Fresh 2019 Convention & Expo in Chicago is having one more fling with the Windy City before moving to San Diego next year for a June 17-18 show.
In language that supporters hope is included in the next Child Nutrition Act reauthorization, new legislation aims to make it easier for school foodservice directors to buy local food for student meals.
Chicago-based JBT Corp. and Pleasanton, Calif.-based SafeTraces have formed an alliance to integrate SafeTraces’ DNA-based technologies into JBT’s solutions portfolio for the food industry.
