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For produce packaging suppliers and shippers, inflation is a fact of life in 2021.

Kingsville, Ontario-based Mastronardi Produce Ltd. and Morehead, Ky.-based AppHarvest plan to form FarmCo, a joint venture to develop a portfolio of controlled environment agriculture facilities.

The National Watermelon Promotion Board, invites all retail chains, independent retailers and commissaries to submit entries to their 13th annual Watermelon Retail Merchandising Contest.

With many headed back to their classrooms more regularly come fall, Oppy is putting lunchbox favorites from its exclusive collaboration with the Ocean Spray brand on full display in its back-to-school campaign.

The Packer’s editor-in-chief Tom Karst, Northeast editor Amy Sowder and retail editor Ashley Nickle discuss some of the big topics of the week, from the new infrastructure bill to buy local campaigns to retail strategy.

The apple season is underway, and we want to hear from you, Washington apple growers and marketers, about your expectations for this year’s crop.

Lockport, N.Y.-based Crunch Time Apple Growers has granted Rice Fruit Co., an apple packaging and marketing facility, license to market both SnapDragon and RubyFrost apples for the 2021 harvest.

This week on social media, we found cool robots, a foodservice winner, tips to keep figs fresh, job advice and an orange cake that makes our childhood selves give a wide, sticky grin.

It’s National Peach Month! Celebrate with Jersey Fresh peaches.

Smurfit Kappa, a global leader in paper-based packaging solutions, was awarded in the AmeriStar Package Awards Competition, an event that recognizes the most innovative packaging designs of the year in the U.S.