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Here’s a taste of what we saw, who we talked to and where we buzzed around at Produce Marketing Association’s Foodservice Conference & Expo July 21-22, in Monterey, Calif.

Produce giant Dole Plc (DOLE stock symbol) shares fell in their New York Stock Exchange debut on July 30 after the fruit and vegetable distributor priced its downsized initial public offering at $16 per share.

The USDA announced that D’Amore Produce Solutions LLC satisfied a $40,405 reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.

In 1978, Jorge Aguilar Heredia formally founded AGGALL Coliman Group, with the inauguration of the first sales center in Hermosillo, Sonora in northern Mexico.

Infrastructure legislation, food safety, the future of the produce box and labor are four priority issues at the Sept. 20-22 upcoming United Fresh Produce Association’s Washington Conference.

The leading North American salad company, Taylor Farms, introduces a new line of salad kits perfect for every day.

Veg Pak Produce is recalling Harvest Fresh brand Zucchini Spirals and Teriyaki Vegetable Spiral Stir Fry Kit from the marketplace due to Listeria monocytogenes.

The COVID 19 pandemic has driven up demand around the globe for e-commerce boxes and other delivery packaging sealed with pressure-sensitive adhesive.

While U.S. potato retail sales from April through June declined compared with the year-ago level, they beat sales levels for the same period in 2019.