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C&C Produce celebrated its 25th anniversary with about 500 suppliers, customers, transportation partners and employees May 4 at its Kansas City headquarters.

Lancaster, Pa.-based Kegel’s Produce will host an open house on Oct. 17 to celebrate its 70th anniversary in business.

Montreal-based fresh produce distributor Courchesne Larose is planning 100 days of activities to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

In anticipation of The Packer’s 125th-anniversary issue, we have enjoyed publishing past anniversary articles from the Century of Produce and also posted industry columns for the 125th-anniversary edition.

Newfield, N.J.-based RLS Logistics has opened a new food-grade ambient storage facility in Vineland, N.J.

Comstock Park, Mich.-based Vine Line Produce Distribution is a new organization formed by the merger of Heeren Bros. Inc. and Walsma & Lyons.

C&C Produce Inc., North Kansas City, Mo., was awarded a maximum $48 million, 36-month, contract with the Defense Logistics Agency for fresh fruits and vegetables.

Sheboygan, Wisc.-based A.J. Wholesale Produce Inc., has been awarded a maximum $48.6 million federal contract to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to schools in two states.

Produce wholesalers at the Raleigh (N.C.) State Farmers Market may be booted from their space when a master plan for redesigning the property and surrounding land comes to fruition.

I talked today with Peter Machi, long-time sales and purchasing representative with Consumer Fresh Produce Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.