EmpowerFresh executives featured its cloud-based software for managing fresh produce department operations at the March 25-26 Associated Wholesale Grocers' seventh annual Innovation Showcase.
I walked through a few produce departments last week. I like to scout a few as a matter of routine whether I’m shopping or just being the perpetual produce nerd that I am. I must say, I’m a bit perplexed.
Demand in the eastern U.S. has seen movement from Fallbrook, Calif.-based Del Rey Avocado’s Vineland, N.J. facility grow so rapidly, it’s expanding after 18 months.
Grocers Supply, a division of C&S Wholesale Grocers, has signed a long-term lease for a 727,600-square-foot distribution center that is being built in Houston.
CHICAGO — Sales of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives are up 8% over the previous year. Produce companies should ask themselves if this is a trend they should partner or support. For most, I’d advise against it.
With peak mango season in full swing in June and July from Nayarit and Sinaloa in Mexico, Crespo Organic Mangoes is promoting mangoes with retail support and social media contests.
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.
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.
United Fresh Produce Association Expo and Conference attendees chose Aloha Peppers from Mastronardi and Apeel Sciences’ shelf life enhancer as the best new vegetable and fruit products.
BLANCO, Calif. – Blueberries will be bountiful the next five weeks, and strawberry production continues to be strong, so Naturipe is encouraging larger pack sizes, cross-promotion and cross-merchandising.
CHICAGO — Touching on trade, farm labor and food safety regulations, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue defended Trump administration efforts to help fruit and vegetable growers deal with the tough issues they face.
Concord Foods and the California Avocado Commission are teaming up for a promotion of Concord’s Fresh Success guacamole mixes for Fourth of July celebrations.
Cutler, Calif.-based Wawona Packing Co. expects to transition its harvest of organic yellow peaches from clingstone to freestone varieties around July 1.
CHICAGO — United Fresh Market attendees heard from a variety of experts that changing consumer demands must be met by retail and produce companies willing to change to meet those demands.
Kroger’s new 90-day payment policy has brought more criticism from produce groups, with a California fruit association expressing “extreme displeasure” and a wholesalers' group saying it is “deeply concerned.”
Delaware Grown, a new branding initiative from the Delaware Department of Agriculture, seeks to make its mark alongside Jersey Fresh and other state branding efforts.
AgroFresh Solutions Inc. and Del Monte Fresh Produce NA are collaborating to give retailers tools to extend the shelf life of bananas across the country.
For a fourth year, the Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Mushroom Council and the Centennial, Colo.-based Beef Checkoff are partnering for a summerlong veal grilling promotion at retail.
Amelia Freidline and Ashley Nickle discuss the produce age gap for bell peppers, which Fresh Trends research shows that millennials are significantly less likely to buy at retail than older generations.
The first test of a highly touted technology, avocados are the first commercially available produce item to be treated with the Apeel plant-derived post-harvest solution.
Index Fresh is using a new custom sales program, AvoConcepts Retail Design Studio, that goes beyond point-of-sale materials and similar support, with a plan that includes education and strategy.
Kingsville, Ontario-based Red Sun Farms took home some honors for its tomatoes and cucumbers in the 11th annual Leamington Greenhouse Vegetable Awards.
Leamington, Ontario-based NatureFresh Farms’ produce got some love in the 11th annual Greenhouse Vegetable Awards with a People’s Choice award and three Kids’ Choice awards.
Kingsville, Ontario-based Mastronardi Produce recently earned seven awards for its tomatoes and peppers at the 11th annual Leamington Greenhouse Competition.
Del Monte Fresh Produce has recalled vegetable trays at retail stores in six states, a week after health officials first alerted consumers the products might be contaminated with cyclospora parasites.