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The Giumarra Companies announces a partnership with the Genel family of Rancho Agua Blanca to offer Fair Trade Certified™ avocados grown in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.

Consumers in the Boston and New York City areas can now order products from Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass., through Amazon Fresh.

Mission Produce, Oxnard, Calif., is launching Mission Jumbos, a pack of larger avocados that addresses the trend of consumers including more avocados in their diets.

Del Monte Fresh Produce announced the expansion of its exclusive and luxurious Pinkglow™ Pineapple to select retailers in limited markets throughout the United States.

The rapidly evolving online grocery delivery channel will have a say in packaging styles and materials over the near and long terms, marketers say.

While packaging costs continue to rise, innovation is tamping them down, at least somewhat, produce marketers and packaging manufacturers say.

Catch up with the notable news of the week in this conversation between The Packer’s editors Tom Karst, Chris Koger, Ashley Nickle and Amy Sowder.

Produce suppliers are working with packaging manufacturers to limit the excess materials that wind up in the waste stream.

Ark Foods has set out to challenge what grocery shoppers think when they hear “bell peppers.”

The packaging industry has an important teaching mission, in terms of recycling its products, marketers say.