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Day’s Family Market, F.A.K. Logistics, Inc., and West Side Marketplace are new companies to the Market. Atlas Produce & Distribution Inc., Bruce Sweet Potato Inc. Little River Produce and others have updates.

Petrocco Farms Inc., Richard Barrett Produce Co Inc., and Thomas Produce Sales Inc. receive Endorsements. Agribuena Inc., Banana Bros Produce LLC, and Intertrade Holdings Inc. are new companies to the Market, plus more.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based SpartanNash is piloting a mobile app that the retailer says has the potential to both reduce food waste and save consumers money.

Produce for Kids is working with health-conscious brands and hundreds of retail dietitians for the second annual Mission for Nutrition promotion.

Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers is partnering with the German-based emoji company to use the brand icons on the company’s apples, pears, and cherries.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The 106th edition of the National Watermelon Association convention featured record attendance, big fundraising and the crowning of Paige Huntington of Texas as the 2020 National Watermelon Queen.

Michael Farms Inc. has been Endorsed. Glam Partners, Inc., Medina’s Vegetables, and Pacific Mercantile Co. are new companies to the Market. Big Sky Trading LLC, Mountain Spirit Organic LLC and others have changes.

Pete’s, Carpinteria, Calif., will have a new product for West Coast retailers this spring: Pete’s Butter Stuffers.

With a new season for the GEM avocado, Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., plans to double the volume of the variety.

BrightFarms’ greenhouse salad products will be sold in more than 330 Food Lion stores in Virginia and other Ahold-Delhaize Mid-Atlantic stores through an expanded partnership with the retailer.