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FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., has hired Kate Brooks as vice president of sales-East.

Good retail sales in March with a dwindling storage apple crop may push prices higher late in the season.

J&D Produce, Edingburg, Texas, has a new consumer marketing campaign featuring its HoneySweet onion brand.

Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., is again shipping Gem avocados, to complement full-size hass avocados grown in California.

The Viva Fresh Innovation Showcase finalists feature products across the spectrum of the fresh produce industry.

Taylor Farms, Salinas, Calif., has purchased Earthbound Farm from France-based Danone SA.

I was doing some spring cleaning when Russ T. Blade emerged from behind some folders. “Rusty,” as readers know is the miniature imaginary produce manager who occasionally drops in to talk shop.

I hear the most interesting things while shopping.

Baldor Specialty Foods, Bronx, N.Y., is expanding the Urban Roots Veggie Side Kits line.

Terra Exports, Las Vegas, has hired Manuel Escandon, who is based in Chile, as part of its South American expansion.