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Lower retail prices for Honeycrisp apples helped fuel volume gains of 22% for the variety in January.

Jacksonville Fla.-based Winn Dixie Stores Inc. has posted a $1 million surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, allowing the retailer to have an active Perishable Commodities Act license.

“The last 150 feet from storeroom to display is the toughest leg.”

Freshbitefoods.com, Heirloom Farms Inc., Powerful Talent Biotech Inc., Quality One USA LLC, and Vegefruit Produce Inc. are new companies to the Market. S Katzman Produce Inc. has been Endorsed & Updates.

LGS Specialty Sales, New Rochelle, N.Y., has started its Moroccan w. murcott season, importing the clementines through April.

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kan., has realigned its real estate department.

The Michigan Apple Committee, Lansing, is touting the state’s apples as a way to celebrate American Heart Month, which is February.

A-1 Eastern Home Made Pickle Co Inc., Good Food 2 U, and Rancho Chacxul S.A. DE C.V. are new companies to the Market. Ascent Foods, Flavorful Fresh Inc., Global Agricultural Trading and others have updates.

Taysom Hill, who played in a variety of positions for the New Orleans Saints in 2019, is no stranger to the Idaho Potato Commission.

Morning Kiss Organic, Chelsea, Mass., is celebrating Potato Lover’s Month — February — by promoting the vegetable’s nutritional attributes