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Advance Transportation Systems, Inc. is a new company to the Market. Agro Merchants Group, Bay Valley Foods LLC, California Fresh Fruit Association, Crown Pacific International LLC, Organicos and others have updates.

A good produce manager, like a shrewd chess player, must always be thinking several steps ahead when it comes to the long-term outlook.

Pacific Mercantile Co., R&G Brothers Transportation, Samara Produce LLC, and Tian Shi Corporation are new companies to the Market. A Plus Vegetable, Brantley Farms, Terra Bella Greenhouses Inc. and other have updates.

Braga Fresh Family Farms, Del Rey Avocado and Suntreat received recognition from Whole Foods as part of the retailer’s annual Supplier Awards program.

Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. post bond for PACA license. Latinotrading LLC & Morita Produce Co. have sanctions imposed by USDA. Jupiter Group, and Trinity Manufacturing Inc. are new companies to the Market, plus updates.

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.

Acme Fresh Market, Nature Delight USA Corp., Olegs Produce Corp., Sunmistfruit, and Wild West Farms are new companies to the Market. Eckert’s, Grasso Foods Inc., Tropical Specialists LLC and others have updates.

TAMPA, Fla. — Corporate charitable giving can be a win-win for both produce marketers and the causes they support, one consultant believes.

Accardi Foods, Acme Food Sales Inc., Giunta’s Warehouse Inc., Jayde’s Market, and OEX Markets are new companies to the Market. Advance Transportation Systems, Inc., Baggott Farms, and others have updates.