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Hantsport, Nova Scotia-based CKF Inc. has announced investments to substantially increase its thermoformed molded fiber production capacity.

Nearly 2 in 10 consumers polled by The Packer this year say the biggest influence on their produce purchasing decisions is the type of packaging used.

The Packer’s Tom Karst recently asked Matt Hiltner, marketing coordinator for Santa Maria, Calif.-based Babé Farms, Inc. about current trends in specialty produce marketing.

Single-use packaging is subject to volatile raw material sourcing, commodity markets, and manufacturing capacities.

The apple season is underway, and we want to hear from apple marketers about your expectations for the second half of this season’s apple crop.

Truck rates are at historic highs for the produce industry, and that reality presents challenges to apple marketers in the Northwest and other regions.

Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers is focused on year-round supply for its partners, said Dan Davis, director of business development for the Wenatchee, Wash.-based marketer.

Hudson River Fruit Distributors is actively marketing SnapDragon, RubyFrost and EverCrisp apples in 2022, said Alisha Albinder Camac, owner and operator of the Milton, N.Y-based apple marketer.

SnapDragon and RubyFrost both saw their largest crops yet in 2021, and the shorter crop other varieties have experienced is providing those two varieties opportunities to get in front of new consumers.

New York apples have a number of winning attributes, and the Apples from New York is touting all of them, said Cynthia Haskins, president and CEO of the Fishers, N.Y.-based New York Apple Association.