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Earthfresh LLC, Jet Sales Packaging, Raiwal Agro Tech Foods, Sendik’s, T.A. Solberg DBA Trig’s are new companies to the Market. Triple B Corporation - Charlie’s Produce and Villita Avocados Inc., have been Endorsed.

BROOKLYN — It was a perfect summer rooftop tour party at dusk, with colorful picnic food and dozens of friendly faces talking about fresh vegetables and fruit. Check out Northeast editor Amy Sowder’s video and article.

Driscoll’s 3D Berry Picnic Mobile started its summer campaign June 18 — International Picnic Day — in the Twin Cities, beginning the next phase of the brand’s #BerryTogether campaign.

AUSTIN, Texas — Panelists at the Center for Produce Safety Symposium described better traceback as essential to containing foodborne illness outbreaks and urged companies to invest in that infrastructure.

U.S. potato shippers from the 13 highest producing states had 67.4 million cwt. left in storage on June 1, up 6% from the same time last season.

One of the founders of Imperfect Produce in 2015, industry veteran Ron Clark talks with The Packer’s editor Tom Karst June 18 about his views on food waste and marketing less than perfect produce.

Kroger did $37.3 billion in sales in the first quarter of the fiscal year, down slightly from 2018 due to the sale of Kroger’s convenience store business unit.

Even with keen and well-established competition from conventional supermarkets, the Southern California retail market may see future inroads toward more “fresh” oriented chains, Dick Spezzano believes.

Wayne Bailey Produce, Southern Produce Distributors, and Write On Marketing Inc are issued actions by USDA. Earthfresh LLC and Harris Fresh Inc are endorsed. Vermes LLC, Veg and Fruits Logistics are new to the Market.

AgroFresh Solutions and Zest Labs have a collaboration, adding Zest Fresh’s ability to calculate and communicate the freshness of produce through the supply chain to the FreshCloud Transit Insights platform.