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Crystal Valley Foods, Miami, is finalizing the purchase of Asian, tropical and specialty fruit and vegetable importer Joco Produce, Medley, Fla.

Onion growers and shippers in the Idaho-Eastern Oregon District, like colleagues elsewhere, say they are finding practical use for multiple options in packaging that didn’t exist in years past.

Georgia peach grower Robert Dickey III and Florida vegetable grower Charles Obern have been named 2019 Farmers of the Year by Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo.

The timing couldn’t be better for Estero, Fla.-based Naturipe Farms LLC to step up its emphasis on foodservice.

Several commodity boards, councils and commissions are planning promotional activities aimed at foodservice this summer. Here’s a look at some of them.

If the admonishment “no dessert until you eat your vegetables” still haunts you from your childhood, you’ll be happy to know that you can indulge guilt free when you dine at New York City’s Gramercy Tavern.

Summer may not be the busiest season for foodservice sales, but most suppliers report steady business even as schools close and families take off for vacation.

The latest monthly survey of U.S. restaurant operators showed a slight decline in their business outlook compared to the previous study, but there was some positive news.

Santa Paula, Calif.-based Limoneira Co. will feature its new campaign — Taking a Healthy Stand — at the Produce Marketing Association’s Foodservice Conference and Expo in Monterey, Calif.

With the start of summer, white-flesh Angelcots are available from Frieda’s Inc., Los Alamitos, Calif.

Mike Krage is the Idaho Potato Commission’s newest retail promotions director, covering the Northeast and Midwest.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association expressed its approval for the federal government’s investments that benefit the fresh fruit and vegetable industry. 

The American Mushroom Institute has hired Rachel Roberts as executive director.

As healthy, colorful food grows ever more trendy in 2019, expect to see produce used in all sorts of crazy ways, according to Frieda’s Specialty Produce.

Alex Berkley is the new sales manager at Frieda’s Specialty Produce, Los Alamitos, Calif.

Commodity boards, councils and commissions representing fresh produce from avocados to mushrooms to watermelon are running promotional activities aimed at foodservice this summer. Here’s a look at some of them.

This may be the 37th edition of the Produce Marketing Association’s Foodservice Conference and Expo, but the foodservice industry has learned over the years that the conference is never a same-old same-old event.

Limoneira Co. offers customized promotions for its foodservice customers as well as a 12-month promotion calendar.

After 17 years at City of Industry-based FreshPoint Southern California, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sysco Corp., president Verne Lusby retired July 1.