Retail
Robinson Fresh is taking the guesswork out of choosing avocados that will be ripe throughout the week with a four-pack of fruit at different stages of ripeness.
LENEXA, Kan. — The U.S. apple supply is plentiful and business is good as the new year begins, though Jim Allen says the abundance of varieties offered to retailers does present challenges.
Citrus fruits are trending on the Produce Market Guide. Among them are pumello, oranges and clementines.
When it came time for judges for the 2019 Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award to choose a Platinum winner, they found it easy to pronounce “Fyffes.”
Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce is promoting its Emeralds in the End Zone campaign in the lead-up to college bowls and professional football playoff season.
Growers and retailers must adapt and adopt to purpose-driven shoppers
Hass avocado sales for Father’s Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day saw bumps in dollar sales this year, and while volume lagged at times, price increases more than made up for retail shortfalls.
The California carrot industry is kicking off a Crunch Out advertising campaign in Sacramento, Calif., and Cincinnati.
The California Walnut Commission, Folsom, has a new global marketing campaign, The Power of 3, that has a simple message: three handfuls of walnuts a week can help improve nutrition.
Wonderful Pistachios is launching a multimillion-dollar campaign, The Original Plant-Based Protein.
Zespri, the New Zealand-based marketer of kiwifruit, has a new logo and refreshed brand, the first in its 22-year history.
Crookham Co., Caldwell, Idaho, is introducing a purple and white sweet corn variety, Wild Violet, this spring.
Curation Foods believes the salad kit space at retail is a key location to benefit from the plant-centered diet trend, and the company’s Eat Smart salad kits can capitalize on the trend.
West Pak Avocado, Murrieta, Calif., has released a new video, Avocado Blitz, as part of its Avo Effect campaign.
Celery was the leading fresh commodity for retail sales growth in 2019, and it wasn’t even close.
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. is recalling H-E-B brand Tuscan Herb Salad Kits shipped to stores in Texas because of possible undeclared allergens.
Albertsons has filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an initial public offering.
The Produce Marketing Association has postponed its Fresh Connections Retail and Women’s Fresh Perspectives events due to the new coronavirus, COVID-19.
The New York State Apple Marketing Order advisory board is seeking proposals to make New York’s apple industry more competitive.
Landec Corp., parent company of Curation Foods Inc., is considering selling off the company’s vegetable trays and bagged vegetables.
Starr Ranch Growers, Wenatchee, Wash., will be marketing and selling Stadelman Fruit’s produce.
Walmart has named Braga Fresh, Soledad, Calif., as its Produce Supplier of the Year.
Pero Family Farms Food Co. LLC., Delray Beach, Fla., has recalled a zucchini noodle product because it did not list egg and milk, which are classified as allergens, on the label.
Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market plans to expand grocery pickup through Instacart to all its stores by early May due to the coronavirus crisis.
The Produce Marketing Association found in a recent consumer survey that shelf life and food safety are the top consumer concerns with fresh produce.
Robinson Fresh, Eden Prairie, Minn., continues to operate without service disruptions, including supply capabilities from Central and South America, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Avocados continued to outperform average sales for other fruit and the produce category in general, according to the Hass Avocado Board’s latest data from research firm IRI scan data.
An April 22 web seminar hosted by The Packer and conducted by Category Partners will look at what is coming next for fresh produce at retail during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Growers Express, which sold its fresh commodity vegetable and fresh value-added vegetable businesses to Church Brothers Farms, is moving from its longtime headquarters in Salinas, Calif., to offices in nearby Monterey.
Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. has created a North America New Product Development team to oversee development of Del Monte and Mann Packing products.