News
Mexican papaya grower-shipper Super Starr International, Colima, is promoting its food safety programs and track record.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Oviedo, Fla., is expanding its Oxnard, Calif., cooling and fresh-cut facility, allowing the company to double fresh-cut celery production.
Avendra LLC, Co-op Partners Warehouse, Earl Enterprises, Good Fortune Freight and Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions are new companies to the Market. Battleboro Produce Inc., Eddy Fruit Farm and others have updates.
Wonderful Citrus is showcasing its Halos mandarins with an animated YouTube series called “Camp Halohead.”
Western Growers Insurance Services has hired Marlo Reininger as senior account manager.
Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales, Calif., is introducing green bean and Brussels sprouts saute kits under its Green Wave Farms fresh-cut line at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo.
New fruit company TerraFresh Organics, Mill Valley, Calif., is starting out with citrus and mangoes under the Earth Greens Organic label.
Traverse City, Mich.-based North Bay Produce Inc. has added dried fruits to its offerings.
U.S. Foods Inc., Los Angeles, has been awarded a maximum $90.3 million contract for full-line food distribution on Navy ships in the San Diego area.
Antoni Porowski, food and wine connoisseur on the Emmy-winning Netflix series Queer Eye, will turn his attention to produce at The Packer’s Global Organic Produce Expo.
Be ready to meet royalty at Pure Hothouse Food’s Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit booth.
Rockingham, Va.-based Shenandoah Growers Inc. has begun harvest at new BioFarm facilities in Rockingham and Elkwood, Va.
Nosotros, Ocalsa Transport & Logistics LLC, Spilt Milk Tavern, and USA Yixin Trading Co Inc. are new companies to the Market. Foster’s Pickled Asparagus, iNECTA LLC, Mastronardi Produce (SUNSET®) and more have updates.
Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce is focusing on its partnership with Hazel Technologies Inc., and its Avolast shelf-life extension product at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo.
NatureFresh Farms, Leamington, Ontario, has distributed six million products with compostable pulp molded trays in the past year.
Baja Son Growers LLC, Salinas, Calif., is offering a year-round organic green onion program under the Baja Son Growers label.
Oakland, Calif.-based Paramount Export Co. is celebrating 80 years in business this year by participating in a big way with Tour de Fresh.
USDA imposed sanctions on Alpha Family Farms LLC. Martinez Fresh Produce LLC has satisfied a reparation order. New York Apple Sales Inc. and Nickey Gregory Company LLC have been Endorsed. New firms, updates and more.
The California Table Grape Commission has downgraded July projections of the third-largest crop in history to a normal production of 109 million 19-pound boxes.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is buying $30 million of table grapes.
To show that its That’s Tasty line of pureed peppers are versatile, Shenandoah Growers’ plans to serve a sweet and spicy treat at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh expo.
AJ Seabra’s Supermarket Inc, APS Marketing LLC and La Bonanza LLC are new companies to the Market. Borzynski Farms Inc., Capitol City Produce Co LLC, Fresh Produce Group LLC, Sunfresh Foods Inc. and others have updates.
Gene Akins of Norfolk, Va.-based Catalytic Generators received the Florida Tomato Man of the Year recognition at the annual Florida Tomato Committee Conference.
San Miguel Produce Inc., Oxnard Calif., has hired Jennifer Osborne as director of sales.
Buoying stock prices and industry hopes on Oct. 11, China and the U.S. have agreed to what President Trump called a “very substantial phase-one deal” to take heat out of the trade war that began last year.
The Allen Lund Co. has hired Andy Shoemaker as director of perishable logistics.
The latest truck rate report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows generally adequate supplies to meet demand.
Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, is adding to its arsenal at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
Fresh packaging company StePac L.A. Ltd., Tefen, Israel, has unveiled a sustainability strategy with four pillars.
The United Fresh Start Foundation has scheduled a web seminar to help companies sell fresh produce to schools.