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.”
In June, Kroger sent suppliers a letter outlining a new 90-day payment plan designed to make operations more efficient for the retailer. Produce industry groups quickly pushed back.
In 2018, Florida growers were still grappling with the fallout from 2017’s Hurricane Irma, which caused more than $760 million in damage to the state’s citrus industry.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Dan Canales, senior vice president of sales, marketing and processing for Ippolito International, shows off Royal Brussels sprouts and Brussels sprouts chips, two new products for the company.
Erin Hanagan-Muths, director of marketing for Bard, Calif.-based Bard Valley Natural Delights, shows off the company’s packaging makeover and a new chopped date product.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Dawn Gray, principal of Dawn Gray Global Consulting, is the inaugural winner of the Women’s Catalyst Award from the Produce Marketing Association’s Center for Growing Talent.
The Little Potato Co. has two new flavors in its microwaveable and oven/grill lines and a new look for all of its packaging, says Richard Vann, vice president of marketing and product innovation.
Steve Ottum, owner and chief operating officer of Potandon Produce, and Carter Bray, director of marketing and new product innovation, show off the company’s newest product, One Step … Done! microwaveable potatoes.
