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Canadian retailer Loblaw Cos. Ltd. is signaling a huge commitment to local growers, pledging to spend $150 million more each year by 2025, buying local produce and curtailing imports when possible.
Curation Foods, Santa Maria, Calif., has introduced Yucatan Guacamole Squeeze, in a flexible squeeze pouch that has a one-way nozzle to keep air out and prolong freshness.
The Produce for Better Health Foundation is bringing more than 20 retail dietitians to its 2019 Education2Action Retail Dietitian Event at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
Zespri is highlighting the new SunGold kiwifruit clamshell at its Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit booth, and offering Kiwiritas and a chance to play S’KIWI ball.
The growers of Sunions tearless onions have quadrupled production this season.
Walmart has committed $4 million to help fight food insecurity in Texas, and nearly $1.3 million will go to fresh produce-focused nonprofit Brighter Bites.
For the first time this season, Frieda’s is offering a collection of limited-time holiday line of alliums, with pearl onions, cipolline onions and 6-ounce shallots in festive clamshells.
Village Farms is inviting Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit attendees to tee up at its booth.
Blazer Wilkinson, Salinas, Calif., has a new website highlighting “The Ultimate Strawberry,” as the company ramps up production of its Foxy brand conventional and organic strawberries.
West Pak Avocado, Murrieta, Calif., has received the Fairtrade America Fairtrade Mark, a recognition the company ensures it ethically sources product.
Dole has another round of recipes to tie in with Disney’s “Frozen 2,” taking inspiration from characters in the film.
The California Walnut Board’s Golden Walnut Sweepstakes is returning.
The USDA has tabbed the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition and Fair Food Network to help develop nutrition incentive programs to increase fruit and vegetable purchases for food stamp recipients.
The Hass Avocado Board is educating consumers on the health benefits of avocado consumption during November, National Diabetes Awareness Month.
IMG Citrus, Vero Beach, Fla., is marketing white grapefruit in the U.S. as a return to the original heirloom Florida grapefruit.
United Kingdom-based The Watercress Co. and Newburgh, N.Y.-based leafy greens supplier Solata Foods have plans to elevate watercress in the U.S. with retail and foodservice products.
Fagerberg Produce of Eaton, Colo., has agreed to extend its use of Tampa, Fla.-based IFCO reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for its dry onions through 2020.
Two more people have tested positive for hepatitis A in an outbreak that investigators believe is linked to consumption of fresh blackberries.
With winter and the height of citrus season in mind, Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Frieda’s Inc. is rolling out grab-and-go pouches for two specialty citrus offerings.
Chiquita Brands International, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has a new business-to-business website with a produce and services catalog, best practices white papers and category leadership materials and more.
Ataulfo mangoes from Mexican grower Crespo Organic began shipping in late January and will continue until late August.
Sweet Karoline blackberries will be making their way to supermarket shelves this year after seven years of research, development and market testing.
Pro Citrus Network, Visalia, Calif., has a new brand of seedless red mandarins, the MandaRosa.
C.H. Robinson, Eden Prairie, Minn., plans to purchase Prime Distribution Services.
Mastronardi Produce’s newest product in the “Bombs” line of snacking tomatoes, Honey Bombs, will be appearing in stores in May.
Publix plans to support farmers and people in need in the areas it serves with a new initiative to buy additional produce and milk to donate to Feeding America food banks.
The Hass Avocado Board has released a video showcasing its work to support growing consumption of the fruit in the U.S.
Strawberry harvest in the Oxnard, Calif., region is ramping up, and The Oppenheimer Group is promoting two-pound containers of Ocean Spray-brand berries for Mother’s Day (May 10).
San Francisco-based Full Harvest has been named to the 2020 Fast Company World Changing Ideas list.