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RLS Logistics has started a less-than-truckload (LTL) day-specific service for temperature-controlled shipments to select grocery warehouses nationwide with no upcharge.

Sales of fresh limes seem to be trending upward. At Delano, Calif.-based Wonderful Citrus, Elena Rhodes, director of product management, said in mid-April that sales were up 13% year over year.

Jacobs, Malcomb & Burtt (JMB), San Ramon, Calif., has a new website as it prepares for the start of its summer asparagus program.

It’s time to take a break from the recent coronavirus theme dominating the news lately. I think that’s probably all right — I suspect even welcomed at this point.

ERC Produce has been Endorsed. Exp Group LLC, Flaum Appetizing Corp., Nellai Marts Worthington Lewis Center, Ocean Sunbelt Produce Inc., and PNW Veg Co LLC are new companies to the Market. Plus, many company updates.

Publix plans to support farmers and people in need in the areas it serves with a new initiative to buy additional produce and milk to donate to Feeding America food banks.

For produce it has been the tale of two industries. Retail is rockin’. Foodservice? Not so good.

I observe the produce clerks in my neighborhood store and the profiles and demeanor are much the same. The crews go about their stocking as usual in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Hass Avocado Board has released a video showcasing its work to support growing consumption of the fruit in the U.S.

Abendroth’s Apple Ridge Orchards, Amazing Dollar, Nellai Marts (Sawmill), Raw Generation Inc., and SJ Distribution LLC are new companies to the Market. Blueberry Ridge Farm, Sunrise Organic Farm and others have updates.