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Fowler Fruit Growers Cooperative, Kings Produce Ltd., KP Distribution LLC, Rodichoks Farm and Savidge Farms are new firms to the Market. Ben E Keith Mid-South Division, Chula Fresh Farms LLC and other have updates.

Apeel Sciences, Santa Barbara, Calif., is opening offices in Mexico, the Netherlands and Peru.

Robinson Fresh is taking the guesswork out of choosing avocados that will be ripe throughout the week with a four-pack of fruit at different stages of ripeness.

Previous posts in Fresh Talk have looked at top stories from January through August, this post will consider the top stories published by The Packer in September.

LENEXA, Kan. — The U.S. apple supply is plentiful and business is good as the new year begins, though Jim Allen says the abundance of varieties offered to retailers does present challenges.

G W Palmer & Co Inc., Geissler’s Supermarkets Inc., and Picasso Restaurant Group are new companies to the Market. Cebulak Family Farms, Dell’s Cherries LLC, Prairie Gold Produce Ltd. and other have updates.

Two Meijer stores in Grand Rapids, Mich., have recalled diced hard-boiled eggs salad bars because they were supplied by a company whose eggs are linked to Listeria monocytogenes outbreak.

Citrus fruits are trending on the Produce Market Guide. Among them are pumello, oranges and clementines.

FreshPoint Charlotte Inc. and Home Again Inc. have been Endorsed. Geissler’s Supermarkets Inc. have two more stores added to the Market. Coast To Coast Produce LLC, Kaiser Pickles LLC and others have updates.

Brookshire Grocery Company, Jimmy’s Fresh Air Galaxy, and LynOaken Farms are new companies to the Market. El Metate Foods Inc., Fruits From Chile, Oakhill Organics LLC, Vertical Foods LLC and other have updates.