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Constant communication with employees and strong buyer-seller relationships have helped produce operators manage the choppy waters since the COVID-19 crisis began.

Alder Market, Galaxy Fresh Produce LLC, JAG Distributors LLC, Rä Foods Wild About Sprouts, and The Farmer’s Table are new companies to the Market. Wiggins Wholesale, Inc., Zespri Kiwifruit - USA & others have updates.

Avocados continued to outperform average sales for other fruit and the produce category in general, according to the Hass Avocado Board’s latest data from research firm IRI scan data.

California Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross has penned a thank-you letter for retailers and food distributors across the country.

With foodservice sales continuing at a fraction of normal and grocery store foot traffic down compared with normal levels, produce distributors continue to seek ways to alleviate bottlenecks and waste in the supply chain

Grower-shippers were reluctant to go on record with their predictions for this season’s cherry crop, but most agreed that, if Mother Nature cooperates, there should be plenty to go around this spring and summer.

As you’re getting plans in place now for how best to take advantage of cherries this summer, take a look at the historic pricing and sizing information reported by USDA to get a feel for what’s ahead.

Nina Balducci, a pioneer of specialty foods retailing in New York City at Balducci’s, and part of the foundation of Baldor Specialty Foods, Bronx, N.Y., has died.

Atlantic Frozen Foods LLC, Food Connects Inc., Petersheim Produce, Ravco Foods Inc., and United Farm Group LLC are new companies to the Market. Balducci’s, Collier Family Farms, Hartman Gardens and others have updates.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is easing country-of-origin requirements to allow fresh produce that has been packed for foodservice operators to be diverted to retailers as demand shifts during the pandemic.