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.
Previewing the Aug. 23-24 2018 Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference, U.S. Apple Association president Jim Bair talked with The Packer’s editor Tom Karst July 31.
Once again sparing U.S. apples, the government of India has delayed implementation of retaliatory tariffs related to U.S. import tariffs on steel and aluminum from India.
A QR code label is one option available to marketers to let consumers know whether fresh produce and other food has been created using biotechnology.
Michigan Apple grower-shipper Riveridge Produce Marketing Inc. has acquired the sales operation of Jack Brown Produce.
A new Michigan company, Applewood Fresh Growers LLC, Sparta, is shipping Michigan apples.
Fresh apple shippers on Jan. 1 had almost 92 million bushels (42 pounds) in fresh and controlled-atmosphere storage, a 16% drop than at the same time in early 2018.
Running from Jan. 1 to Feb. 28, the New York Apple Association is again hosting the New York Big Apple Salad Contest.
Retail scan data for January show the Autumn Glory apple saw sales jump 83% and pounds sold increase just over 100%.
Good retail sales in March with a dwindling storage apple crop may push prices higher late in the season.
About 550 cartons of Jazz apples from the orchards of New Zealand’s Hawkes Bay flew to Tokyo for Japan’s annual springtime holiday, Golden Week.
The New York Apple Association has promoted Cailin Kowalewski to account manager.
Planting area and exports continue to fall for Argentina apple and pear producers, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Pint-sized wisecracks paid off for 11 winners of Stemilt Growers’ Snappiest Lil Snapper contest, which asked parents to share funny stories and videos of their kids for a chance to win prizes.
Volume of Honeycrisp apples sold at retail in March jumped 31.5% over year-ago levels, according to the latest Stemilt Growers Fruit Tracker Fast Facts.
Alex Ott is leaving the California Apple Commission and other commodity boards to become the full-time executive director of the American Pecan Council.
Sliced apple companies Farmington Fresh Cuts, Stockton, Calif., and Fresh Innovations, Oxnard, Calif., are merging.
Apple grower-shippers in New York report a promising bloom set up by near perfect weather throughout the state in May.
President Donald Trump has announced plans to put in place 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods, and apples and cherries are among the items that will be affected by retaliatory tariffs.
CHICAGO — The rise of online grocery sales and fast-changing consumer attitudes about healthy eating present both opportunities and challenges to fresh apple marketers.
CHICAGO - While Europe’s apple crop is up big in 2018, the threat of heavy U.S. tariffs and sharply reduced production are dark clouds over the Chinese apple industry,
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will make special purchases of well over $400 million in fruits and nuts to help U.S. growers hurt by retaliatory tariffs.
CHICAGO — The Packer named Mike Rothwell, president and CEO of BelleHarvest Sales Inc., Belding Mich., as its 2018 Apple Man of the Year.
Heavy rains in upstate and central New York caused flooding in some regions but should help the development of the apple crop.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers took a bite of the Big Apple from Aug. 16-18 and the Big Apple bit back.
CHICAGO — At 6% below the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s August forecast and down 6% from 2017 production, the 2018 apple crop is forecast to be 256.16 million cartons, according to the U.S. Apple Association.
CHICAGO — The Mexican apple crop is down for 2018, which is good news for U.S. apple exporters.
University of California economists estimate U.S. exporters of 10 fruits and nuts could see a loss of $2.64 billion a year due to tariffs — and up to $3.34 billion a year for potential effects on other markets.
Honeycrisp volume is up but most every other major apple variety is down compared with last year.
Elgin, Minn.-based Honeybear Brands will begin offering new-crop Pazazz apples at the beginning of December, and the marketer said prospects are more than good.