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.
North Bay Produce Inc., Traverse City, Mich., has recalled almost 2,300 cases and two bulk bins of apples because of the potential for Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Starr Ranch Growers, Wenatchee, Wash., is getting some star power for Juici and Koru apples, which are being served backstage at a production starring Lady Gaga.
With many Americans vowing to exercise more and eat better in 2020, Jazz apples will hit the new year hard with healthy-eating promotions.
Stemilt Growers and Hansen Fruit again teamed up to give 170 children in foster care and low-income households gifts for the seventh Christmas in a row.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits has launched a foodservice web portal to give chefs information on bioengineered non-browning Arctic apples.
Exports of U.S. fresh fruits declined by 6% in 2019, while exports of U.S. fresh vegetables increased by 4%.
As one of the most popular items in the produce department, apples enjoy a steady organic presence.
Hazel Technologies Inc., Chicago, has seen positive results in trials with its shelf-life extension product on apples.
AgroFresh, whose SmartFresh technology extends the shelf life of produce, has added more items available for treatment, including avocados, tomatoes, broccoli and mangoes.
SnapDragon apples experienced a huge 2018-19 season and may have an even better 2019-20 season.
The newly formed joint sales alliance of Grand Rapids-based Michigan Fresh Marketing and BelleHarvest has added Sparta, Mich.-based Elite Apple as another supplier.
The Packer is calling for nominations for the 2019 Apple Man or Woman of the Year.
Unhappy with the progress of trade talks with China, President Trump will slap a 10% tariff on $300 billion worth of goods from China starting Sept. 1.
Boasting nearly a 20% increase compared with the 2018 crop, this year’s Washington fresh apple crop is estimated at 137.3 million boxes.
First Kiss — an apple variety that debuted in 2018 in very limited supply — is back on retailers’ shelves in August.
New York apples are entering the home stretch and conditions are near perfect, one marketer reports.
Alex Ott is leaving the California Apple Commission and other commodity boards to become the full-time executive director of the American Pecan Council.
Pamela Northam, wife of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, and Bettina Ring, Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, celebrated National Apple Month and the peak of the state’s apple harvest season.
Philadelphia-based AgroFresh Solutions’ FreshCloud Predictive Screening system has added capabilities to help Honeycrisp apple growers.
The U.S. Apple Association has launched its 2019-20 Apples4Ed initiative.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has amended the standards for fuji apples.
The Colorado fruit and vegetable industry will benefit from $745,000 in resarch projects through the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s 2019 Specialty Crops Program.
U.S. fresh apple holdings on Dec. 1 totaled 118.3 million cartons, 15% above year-ago levels, according to the U.S. Apple Association, with red delicious and galas neck and neck.
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Supplies of Envy apples are now transitioning from imports to fresh, domestic production, as the brand eyes growth.
The U.S. Apple Association has announced its class of 2020 Young Apple Leaders.
NatureSeal, the company originally known for preserving fresh-cut apples, has a new blend for fresh strawberries.
North Bay Produce, Traverse City, Mich., is continuing its food donation program as the COVID-19 crisis widens.
Honeycrisp apples from Chile will be available at retailers nationwide in May, according to grower and importer Honeybear Brands, Elgin, Minn.
AgriCoat-NatureSeal Ltd., Berkshire, United Kingdom, has introduced a new addition to its Semperfresh line of coatings that prolongs fresh produce shelf life