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Growers and retailers must adapt and adopt to purpose-driven shoppers

Green Top Grocery and Kesler’s Market are new companies to the Market. Aloha Organic Fruit, Citrus Produce LLC, Commercial Lynks, Inc., First Place Foods LLC, Patriot Foods Inc. and others have updates.

Joolies, a new brand of organic California medjool dates, is making the jump from online sales to Whole Foods stores in California and Nevada.

Reichel Foods, Rochester, Minn., has recalled two Pro2Snax products because they contain hard-boiled eggs involved in a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak.

Hass avocado sales for Father’s Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day saw bumps in dollar sales this year, and while volume lagged at times, price increases more than made up for retail shortfalls.

2019 retail sales of organic fruits and vegetables grew twice as fast as sales of conventional produce, according to a new study on organic sales.

The United Fresh Start Foundation has awarded a total of $53,000 to eight organizations through its 2020 Community Innovation Grants Program.

Aztec Imports Inc. and Les Entrepots Fruigor Jo Ka Inc. have been Endorsed. Daylight Produce Inc., Johnny’s Produce LLC and Manuel Villa Enterprises Inc. are new companies to the Market. Plus many updates.

The produce world was saddened last week to learn of the passing of Frieda Rapaport Caplan, founder of Frieda’s Inc., Los Alamitos, Calif.

A Jazz apple promotion starting the week of Jan. 20 seeks to Energize consumers throughout North America.