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MightyVine, a Chicago-area grower of greenhouse tomatoes, has filed a lawsuit to stop Mastronardi Produce from calling its Sprinkles tomatoes “Tiny Mighty Tomatoes,” claiming trademark infringement.

Meijer plans to expand its partnership with Flashfood to all 246 of its stores by the end of the year following a pilot program that cut in-store food waste by 10%.

The Produce for Better Health Foundation has new awards to honor industry leaders, dieticians, influencers and promoters of the group’s new Have a Plant consumptions campaign.

Epic Fresh Produce LLC has satisfied its PACA reparation order. Farmer Sarges Sweet Corn Fruits & Vegetables is a new company to the Market. Always Fresh Farms, LLC, Hood River Cherry Company and others have updates.

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.