The Packer
Retailers say bell peppers and sweet mini peppers can really brighten up a produce department.
Northwest cherry grower-shippers are expecting to have plenty of product for their June-August market window this year.
Northwest cherry exporters hope trade negotiators quickly produce a key that will open up the Chinese market to their goods.
Vancouver, British Columbia-based The Oppenheimer Group in 2019 is marking 10 years of marketing cherries from The Dalles, Ore.-based Orchard View Inc., said David Nelley, category vice president at Oppy.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers LLC soon will unveil a new Ultimate cherry line with electronic defect sorting and sizing technology, said Brianna Shales, communications manager.
Sage Fruit Co. will have a new cherry bin this year for retailers to use during the cherry season.
Cherry, grape, cranberry and tree nut producers are among U.S. growers who will receive direct payments from the U.S. Department of Agriculture this year to offset damage caused by retaliatory tariffs.
Dandrea Produce LLC, Race-West Company, Trucco Inc are Endorsed. Delco Pizza Products of Indiana Inc & Carden Foods are New Companies. Frank Minardo Inc, New burgh Banana Inc and The ZZ Group Inc have Updates.
Courtesy, and by extension professionalism, begins at the top. Or it should.
After eight years, WP Rawl decided it was time to revamp its line of conventional, triple-washed and ready-to-use leafy greens with a packaging refresh.
Costco Wholesale, CBS Farms LLC and Original Produce Distributing Inc. are Endorsed. Fresh On Arrival Inc. and Vine House Distributing LLC have updated their company profiles to enhance their online presence.
CMI Orchards, Wenatchee, Wash., is ready for another imported apple season, with fruit from New Zealand, Argentina and Chile arriving in June.
Dawn Winsauer has been promoted to vice president of operations at PSSI, a food safety and contract sanitation provider.
COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. — The Packer’s Northeast editor, Amy Sowder, goes west to join the farm tours at West Coast Produce Expo.
Potato industry leader Dan Moss voiced support for immediate Congressional approval of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and expanded potato trade with China at a White House trade event May 23.
McCartney Produce LLC has been Endorsed. Gilcom Produce Distributing LLC, Jumbo Foods Inc., and Blue Sky Organic have Updates. Hizon International LLC, Richard Fahoum and S SHE RFMF are new companies to the Market.
Retail consumer food prices are projected to increase between 0.5% to 1.5% in 2019, according to the latest price forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
After more than 35 years in the produce industry, Terry Humfeld, the Cranberry Institute’s executive director based in Avondale, Pa., is retiring at the end of 2019.
Organic cherries probably lag a bit behind apples and pears in the Pacific Northwest, but cherries are making some gains, suppliers say.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is restricting four companies from operating in the produce industry for Perishable Agricultural Act violations.
Tokyo-based Oisix ra daichi sees a big opportunity in meal kits, with the U.S. market expected to double by 2022 and the Japanese market also quickly growing.
Long-time Twin City produce companies H. Brooks & Co. and its affiliates, and J&J Distributing are being acquired and consolidated into a new company, known as New Harvest Foods, helmed by industry veteran Ron Carkoski.
The Chilean Kiwifruit Committee is kicking off its first marketing campaign for North America, following rising volumes of the Fruit arriving in the U.S. each season.
Northwest fruit marketers will give retailers plenty of promotion opportunities from mid-June to mid-August.
Sun World Innovations, Palm Desert, Calif., has chosen a group of companies to import and market proprietary grapes in North America.
Ridge Spring, S.C.-based Titan Farms is ready to kick off another season of South Carolina peaches this week, ahead of Memorial Day celebrations.
The California Dried Plum Board is once again embracing “prunes,” 19 years after changing its name and the way the dried fruit was marketed.
Chelan, Wash.-based Chelan Fresh Marketing continues to expand its supplier base, said Tim Evans, general sales manager.
The Ready Pac Foods brand is celebrating National Mango Month in June with a limited-edition Bistro Tropical Mango Salad with Mango Cilantro Vinaigrette.
Summer is fast approaching, and consumers are already grabbing up fresh ripe strawberries for picnics, barbecues and other popular summertime activities.