Apples
Apples are a perennial favorite with consumers: 90% of all consumers buy apples, according to The Packer 2026 Fresh Trends Report. The ever-growing number of apple varieties creates marketing opportunities for Produce Retailers.
The point of reference for so many things in life is the historical record.
Compared with year-ago levels, retail organic apple sales were up 30% in dollars and organic pear volume soared 29% in August.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers and its local healthcare provider are celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Stemilt Family Clinic.
The Oppenheimer Group teased new apple packaging at the PMA’s Fresh Summit. The packaging pictured at the virtual booth is a pyramid-shaped paper-based graphic container and holds four Jazz apples.
Sage Fruit Co. focused its virtual booth at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit on the company’s pear program, its new grab-and-go paper bags and the firm’s partnership with Apeel Sciences.
Chelan Fresh Marketing is offering organic Rockit and organic Cosmic Crisp apple varieties for the first time this season and organic SugarBee apples for the second season.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued solicitations for fresh oranges, apples and pears.
U.S. apple sales and volume in October were off a beat from a year ago, and Stemilt Growers says one way to counter that is to promote multiple varieties in a range of pack options.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Starr Ranch Growers is planning holiday promotions that feature apple-centric baked goods recipes, blog posts and more designed to encourage holiday baking.
United Apple Sales, Lyndonville, N.Y., is marking the year 2020 with a celebration of 115 years in the agriculture business.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based CMI Orchards reports that its overall organic apple production is up 25.5% over last year and organic pear production is up 73.2%, with more gains to come.
The Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF) scholarship application is currently open and available to students raised in tree fruit industry families with plans to attend college in the fall of 2021.
Awe Sum Organics, Santa Cruz, Calif., is starting its new crop of Southern Hemisphere apples.
Apple trees in bloom in New York state, with Hudson Valley bloom peaking in mid-May and western New York blossoms starting to break open, which will be followed by Lake Champlain orchards.
This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect companies and individuals in the fresh produce industry.
Santa Barbara,Calif.-based Apeel Sciences has announced $250 million in new financing, and endorsements from Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry. The financial boosts brings the company’s valuation to more than $1 billion.
Even though this is an industry of multigenerational family farms, it’s not often a father’s offspring takes over his position at someone else’s business.
Rockit apples, known for their small size, are now available year-round from Chelan Fresh.
(UPDATED) Apples and potatoes are among the crops now eligible for direct payments to growers for sales losses in the $2.1 billion in Coronavirus Food Assistance Program funds for specialty crops.
Apples and potatoes are among the crops now eligible for direct payments to growers for sales losses in the $2.1 billion in Coronavirus Food Assistance Program funds for specialty crops.
Viva Tierra Organic, Mount Vernon, Wash., will be shipping new crop apples and pears from California in July.
U.S. fresh fruit exports rose by nearly 10% in May compared with a year ago, offsetting an equal decline in fresh vegetable exports.
Organic fresh produce sales exceeded $1.7 billion in the second quarter, a 17% increase from the same period in 2019.
For its 2020 Rave crop, Wenatchee, Wash.-Stemilt Growers has launched what it is calling the First Verified Fruit campaign on Instagram.
It is fruit picking season in the Pacific Northwest, and Yakima, Wash.-based Domex Superfresh Growers is in the midst of harvesting cherries, blueberries, apples and pears, with kiwi berries set to start in September.
In the year of the coronavirus, Michigan’s apple industry anticipates a healthy crop.
With the COVID-19 virus floating around, Michigan apple grower-shippers say they will make sure there is plenty of bagged product available.
Washington Fruit & Produce Co. and Yakima Fresh have merged to sell apples, cherries and pears.
Right up there with other popular apples like Honeycrisp and Granny Smith, Gala Apples are one of the most popular apple varieties in the produce aisle!