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Mastronardi Produce, under the Sunset brand, is introducing Shazam! shisihito peppers at select retailers.

The Agriculture Department has begun talking with grocery retailers about their potential role in a proposal to replace some food-stamp allocations with prepackaged boxes of groceries.

Vick Family Farms Partnership has been Endorsed. House of Spices India Inc., Jack’s Produce Brokerage, LFI Inc., Pacific Coast Mercantile Corp. and Roseboom’s Grading Station Inc. are new companies to the Market & More.

As the calendar turns to the months that end in “-ber,” that sigh of relief you hear is produce retailers collectively breathing again as the summer season winds down.

Total Produce LLC, Suntecktts LLC, Eshs Grocery Market LLC, Pan Regional Investments Inc., & Tartine Cafe Berkeley are new companies to the Market. FreshPoint Atlanta Inc, Splendid By Porvenir LLC & other have updates.

Fresh Express, Orlando, Fla., has six new Gourmet Kits Salads Bowls launching in select markets.

Kroger is rolling out avocados with Apeel Sciences’ shelf-life extender in 1,100 stores, and plans to stock Apeel limes and asparagus in Cincinnati stores this fall.

Buzalka, E Ritter Farm Management Inc, Guanatos Produce Inc., and Staack LLC are new companies to the Market. Bautista Family Organic Date Ranch, Brookdale Farm, Cape Cod Organic Farm and others have company changes.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate why produce-grower prices have stayed stagnant or declined while prices have increased along the supply chain.

7 Palmas Produce LLC, CJ Foods Manufacturing Beaumont Corp., Global Fruits LLC, J L Garza Investments LLC, and Monkey Chips are new companies to the Market. Diamondback Acres Inc., KSG Trade Co and others have updates.