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Walmart plans to expand BrightFarms packaged salad offerings to 50 stores in the Columbus, Ohio, area, after a successful launch in the state.

FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., has hired Phil Abreo as vice president of sales-West.

Consumer prices for some tomato varieties from Mexico could initially rise 40% in the U.S. when domestic supplies are low, according to an analysis on possible effect of duties on imported tomatoes when the Tomato Suspension Agreement is dropped in early May.

Golden Pearl Mushrooms Ltd., Richmond, British Columbia, is recalling pea shoots grown in Canada after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported a positive test for Listeria monocytogenes.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Have a Plant will succeed Fruits & Veggies — More Matters as the new consumer marketing message from the Produce for Better Health Foundation to promote fruit and vegetable consumption.

Kim St George has joined Renaissance Food Group, Rancho Cordova, Calif., as vice president of business development.

The number of people with salmonella linked to fresh-cut melons shipped by Caito Foods has increased, and the Food and Drug Administration has released a list of hundreds of retail outlets that received the products.

With a new Vidalia onion season officially opening April 22, Bland Farms has a new package design.

Brendan Kline has joined the Organic Harvest Network as a sales associate.

Mission Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has a new website promoting the company’s extensive avocado supply and ripening network.