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It is with mixed feelings that Rainier Fruit Company announces the retirement of their President, Randy Abhold on August 31st.

How is it that we are recognized as the most beneficial of all the food types that exist, but consumption is waning?

Freshline Foods Ltd. is recalling Veggie Foodle brand green zucchini whole vegetable noodles from the marketplace due to Listeria monocytogenes.

Though there are some uneven spots, suppliers say there will be plenty of promotion opportunities for California grapes into the fall and toward the end of the year.

The new school year is here but with mask mandates, mask bans, and unpredictability around when vaccines will be available for kids under 12, the only thing certain about this school year is uncertainty.

Increasing online and omnichannel marketing present challenges to produce shippers and packaging suppliers.

Morgan Falcon, marketing for Plant City, Fla.-based Wish Farms, showcased the company’s Pink-a-Boo Pineberries at The Packer’s GOPEX Golf event in August.

CHICAGO — Washington apple grower Sean Gilbert is The Packer’s 2021 Apple Man of the Year.

CHICAGO — Apple marketers must defend their share of stomach against other commodities and pay close attention to new alternative retail formats to fully exploit consumer demand for apples.

Cutting the Washington state apple forecast by nearly 11% from USDA’s August estimate, the U.S. Apple Association’s forecast of the U.S. crop reveals a big divergence in expectations between the two estimates.