Supermarket cooperative Allegiance Retail Services has purchased the Pathmark name and plans to open a store under that banner in Brooklyn, N.Y., in late March or early April.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Tony Cappelli, account manager for Leamington, Ontario-based Westmoreland, which markets under the TopLine Farms brand, had a couple new organic items to discuss at the Global Organic Produce Expo.
San Francisco-based Fresh Solutions Network is positioning its Side Delights fresh potato brand in the trending “food as medicine” and plant-based menu movement.
Southern hemisphere apple crop production in 2019 is forecast up 2% compared with 2018, according to a new report from the World Apple and Pear Association.
A North Carolina agriculture asset management firm has purchased Yakima Valley, Washington-based apple companies Legacy Fruit Packers, Valley Fruit and Larson Fruit Co.
Two recent purchases of Washington state growers and packers of apples and other tree fruit signal a trend that will continue, according to industry and financial experts.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is restricting California and New York businesses from operating in the industry, including meal kit company Chef’d, which closed abruptly last July when it ran out of funds.
Southern California growers anticipate tight supplies of strawberries for Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, but there should be an abundance of the fruit by the time Easter arrives on April 21.
An FDA report on an E. coli outbreak traced to California romaine offers no smoking gun into how and where the pathogen was transferred to the lettuce and distributed to numerous outlets.