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While some may associate the versatile avocado with its popular hass variety, WP Produce plans to highlight tropical avocados — a typically larger fruit that is slower to oxidize — at the 2023 CPMA event.
To celebrate his birthday and Cinco de Mayo, Dwayne Johnson has partnered with Teremana Tequila to encourage consumers to support local restaurants by picking up the check for guacamole.
The newly created role is critical to minimizing overall company carbon footprint and positively affecting internal and external stakeholders through strategic initiatives, Church Brothers Farms says.
Beaverton, Ore.-based trucking intelligence firm DAT Freight & Analytics reports that refrigerated spot truckload rates dropped to a two-and-half-year low in March.
The injunction, filed April 21, alleges that the secretary of labor’s action in developing the regulation was arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of the agency’s discretion.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 survey shows that most consumers are buying more fresh produce — and in a greater variety. See which fruits and vegetables are shoppers’ top choices or gaining in popularity.
Long-time Tom Lange Co. leader Farrell Cole “Dutch” Gay, 89, has died.
Nominations for the 2023 Best of Sustainable Produce Summit Marketing Awards will be accepted through May 5, and winners will be announced live at the 2023 Sustainable Produce Summit on May 18.
The International Fresh Produce Association’s comments to the European Parliament, regarding proposed revisions, articulate IFPA’s strategy for promoting sustainable packaging while ensuring food safety and quality.
Placement is key to ensuring consistent mango movement in the produce department, and that can be especially true for Cinco de Mayo — or “Cinco de Mango,” as the National Mango Board refers to the holiday.
The vice president of sales and marketing for Catania Worldwide and CPMA chair was named Canadian Produce Person of the Year at CPMA’s 2023 Convention and Trade Show in Toronto.
The Cincinnati-based grocer says its recycling program has processed more than 1 million pieces of iOur Brands flexible plastic product packaging. The company has also added two products made with upcycled ingredients.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 survey, indicated that 58% of consumers purchased fresh apples in the past year, compared with 55% in Fresh Trends 2022.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 survey found that 11% of consumers said they purchased apricots in the past year, unchanged from 11% in Fresh Trends 2022.
A greater percentage of higher-income consumers reported fresh artichoke purchases; 14% of consumers making more than $100,000 per year said they purchased fresh artichokes in the previous year.
The 2022 report highlights the company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives centered around a purpose of “connecting families for a better future.”
U.S. Democratic Reps. Jimmy Panetta and Salud Carbajal are leading a group of California lawmakers urging the creation and passage of a disaster recovery package in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A dried fruit snack medley line has launched in Walmart stores across the U.S. and includes three single-serving snack pack varieties that combine whole dried cranberries with dried blueberries, pineapple and mango.
The machine uses sophisticated AI deep-learning technology, computer vision, robotics and lasers to deliver high precision weed control, according to the company.
The USDA has published a proposed rule that would increase the assessment rate for onions produced within the Walla Walla sweet onion marketing order.
A half-century in the making, the Friesland, Wis.-based fresh market grower, packer and shipper of Wisconsin Healthy Grown potatoes, pumpkins and onions is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023.
Celebrating freedom with a barbecue event will be costlier this year, a new economic analysis from Rabobank reveals.
Seven Seas, a division of the Tom Lange Company Inc., has been growing and marketing California and Mexican strawberries for decades.
As one of the world’s largest privately held growers and processors of walnuts and almonds, Mariani Nut Company is dedicated to delivering premium products that consistently exceed your customers’ expectations.
Oxnard, Calif.-based Bobalu Berries farms exclusively in Santa Maria during the summer months, says Cindy Jewell, vice president of marketing.
Naturipe will have plentiful berry supplies this summer, says Jim Roberts, president of sales for the Naples, Fla.-based marketer of both conventional and organic fruit.
The solutions include a bio-fungicide and an apple coating, both approved for organic use, as well as a scald and carbon dioxide injury inhibitor.
A focus on fresh, affordable food and an enhanced digital strategy has proven a successful combination, says The Kroger Co., which reported its first quarter 2023 results without fuel on June 15.
Celebrating National Pineapple Day, Dole is launching a blood drive and charitable campaign June 27 in eight U.S. cities in honor of the pineapple’s hospitality and friendship symbolism.
Canadian produce groups are praising the committee approval of Bill C-280, the Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act.