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The National Mango Board will be awarding gift cards to the first 100 people nominated as “Retail Super Fruit Super Heroes.”

Compared with year-ago performance, organic fresh produce sales rose 18% in April and beat conventional produce in both dollars and volume gains.

Chance Only Trucking Company LLC is a new company to the Market. Agri-Sol Distribution Inc., Altar Produce LLC, Camposol Fresh USA, Inc., Les Serres du St Laurent Inc., Rouses Enterprises LLC and others have updates.

This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.

As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic delivered a devastating blow to many businesses that buy onions, it left no doubt about the importance of onions in diets worldwide, suppliers say.

This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.

Suddenly the industry’s attention on continuous improvement has wavered. The COVID-19 crisis refocused operators on simply surviving. Full steam ahead on plastics, recyclable or not!

I have lost count of the number of times that I have been in a debate about local produce.

As produce supervisors, we were often looked at as retail “cops,” making unannounced visits around our 66-store chain to drop in on produce managers and see what kind of shape their departments were in that day.

Conrad & Adams Fruit Co. LLC is excited for the Audra Rose cherry season.