Clementines
DiSilva Fruit, Chelsea, Mass., is expanding its Morning Kiss Organic mandarin program.
Pro Citrus Network, Visalia, Calif., has a new brand of seedless red mandarins, the MandaRosa.
Fowler Packing Co. will no longer be supplying and packing mandarins under the Halos brand.
The Wonderful Co.’s family-friendly “Camp Halohead” animated series has debuted.
Citrus fruits are trending on the Produce Market Guide. Among them are pumello, oranges and clementines.
Florida growers set to collect smallest crop since 1945.
Wonderful Citrus is showcasing its Halos mandarins with an animated YouTube series called “Camp Halohead.”
The new U.S.-Japan trade agreement will deliver a tariff reduction and higher safeguard levels for U.S. orange shipments, and that should translate to a moderate increase in U.S. orange exports to Japan in 2020.
LGS Specialty Sales, New Rochelle, N.Y., has started its Moroccan w. murcott season, importing the clementines through April.
Citrus surged in interest during the last few days of December, taking six of the top 20 spots.
Strawberries retained the No. 1 spot on PMG the week of Feb. 1, but apples rose from No. 8 the previous week to take the No. 2 slot.
Citrus marketers have benefitted from great consumer interest during the COVID-19 pandemic and that isn’t likely to change anytime soon, Christina Ward thinks.
Pummelos, oranges and strawberries maintained the top three spots on PMG the week of Jan. 11, but mandarins rose from No. 11 the previous week to No. 4, and cabbage, previously No. 12, moved up to the No. 5 spot.
Strawberries enjoyed a third week in a row at No. 1 on PMG, while pummelos bumped oranges down to take the No. 2 spot, landing oranges at No. 3.
Avocados bounced from No. 7 the week of Nov. 30 to take the lead spot on PMG the week of Nov. 7.
Consumers typically turn to citrus to load up on vitamin C during cold and flu season, but this year, suppliers hope they’ll stock up on even more grapefruit, oranges, mandarins and lemons to keep COVID-19 at bay.
Although USDA’s NASS estimated that California’s navel orange crop will be about 42 million 80-pound boxes this season, some grower-shippers estimate that number might be a bit on the heavy side.
Pummelos and oranges maintained the top two spots on PMG the first week of January, but strawberries rejoined the list at No. 3.
Fresno, Calif.-based Fowler Packing, which markets mandarins under its Peelz brand, has expanded its offerings to include organic mandarins and dekopon mandarins.
LGS Specialty Sales, a leading importer of citrus, avocados, grapes, and persimmons, announces a limited-time offering of pink packaging for the Darling Clementine® line ahead of Valentine’s Day.
Pummelo, oranges and strawberries carried the top three spots on PMG for the third week in a row, while lettuce rose three places to No. 4, and apples gained four spots to complete the top 5.
For the first time, retailers saw growth this season in single rather than double digits in the easy-peeler category, so the commodity could be stabilizing.
Jac. Vandenberg, Inc.’s SUNRAYS Mandarin BIO bags has been named the 2021 Eco Excellence Award for Best Snack for its innovative, sustainable packaging.
The severe drought is contributing to what could be a decline in output for California citrus in 2021-22, industry leaders say.
A doubling of domestic production and a quadrupling of imports has helped the retail per capita availability of fresh tangerines/tangelos and mandarins rise 187% since 2000, USDA statistics show.
The USDA has purchased more than 450,000 cartons of mandarins and tangerines for the agency’s child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs.
Suntreat Packing & Shipping Co.’s Suki mandarins are now available, and this season marks the first one with promoteable volumes.
The summer citrus deal has changed over the past decade, emphasizing trends the industry is seeing in domestic production.
Catch up on companies that import and market easy peel citrus and more from Chile.
More summer Chilean clementine and mandarin volume is on tap for U.S. consumers this year.