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Avocados From Mexico celebrated its 10th anniversary at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce and Floral Show, Oct. 19-21, with a VIP event in its booth.

“Our Centre of Sales and Marketing Excellence is the gateway to all of our major markets ... and it was brilliant we could have our growers join us for this important event,” said Zespri CEO Dan Mathieson.

The partnership, leveraging advanced analytics and insights, can help streamline customers’ day-to-day activities around forecasting and purchase orders, according to a news release.

Utopia Foods Inc. of Glendale, N.Y., announced Oct. 23 that the company is recalling all lots within expiry of Qilu Enterprise-branded, 200-gram (7-ounce) packages of enoki mushrooms.

Now using the cloud, Invafresh helps Price Chopper/Market 32 forecast, replenish orders, plan production and manage inventory by integrating in-store production data into the AI-enhanced Fresh Retail Platform.

For many of the foodservice buyers on a recent harvest tour hosted by the Idaho Potato Commission, there was one aspect of Idaho russet potatoes that they kept returning to as they explored the dusty fields of potatoes.

“Innovation” was the word on everyone’s lips at the International Fresh Produce Association’s high-energy and well-attended Global Produce and Floral Show, Oct. 19-21.

From the last week of October through the end of the year, grocers can participate in MountainKing’s Butter Potato Bash by merchandising the company’s 5-pound Butter Reds, 5-pound Butter Golds and 5-pound Butter Creams.

USDA data for the marketing year of September through August show total citrus exports of grapefruit, lemons and limes and oranges and tangerines totaled $751 million.

The purpose of the pilot program is to improve food and agricultural supply chain resiliency by addressing challenges agricultural employers face with labor shortages and instability, the USDA says.