Foodservice
Oakland, Calif.-based Paramount Export Co. is celebrating 80 years in business this year by participating in a big way with Tour de Fresh.
The United Fresh Start Foundation has scheduled a web seminar to help companies sell fresh produce to schools.
Foodservice operators, including those that service restaurants and healthcare companies, are using California grapes on their menus this fall.
Foodservice distributors US Foods, Rosemont, Ill., has named Lipman Family Farms, Immokalee, Fla., as its 2019 Supplier of the Year for produce.
Federal supply contracts have been awarded to produce firms in Texas and New Jersey.
Fort Worth, Texas-based Ben E. Keith Company on Nov. 7 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new foodservice distribution center in Albuquerque, N.M.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc., Summerland, British Columbia, used the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit to share the company’s latest developments.
Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., has acquired Green Giant Fresh’s value-added vegetable business from Growers Express.
LA & SF Specialty, Los Angeles, has a new trade name, Vesta Foodservice.
The coronavirus COVID-19 is changing consumer demand in affected global regions and choking exports of U.S. produce to Asian markets.
The Mushroom Council is dropping a hot new remix for burgers with a new consumer ad campaign with YouTube ads.
The Produce for Better Health Foundation has named produce companies, retailers and individuals to its annual awards.
Produce Marketing Association members have free access to an iTradeNetwork platform that connects buyers and suppliers, as the COVID-19 crisis strains normal supply chains.
UPDATED: The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has scheduled another web seminar for retailers, foodservice operators and other buyers, with an emphasis on COVID-19 updates.
Georgia growers who supply mostly retailers say they’re doing fine, but as for foodservice business — well, not so much.
Leonardo’s Produce, Detroit, has joined the FreshEdge group of produce and specialty food companies.
South Mill Champs, Kennett Square, Pa., has acquired processor The Mushroom Company, Cambridge, Md.
Limoneira, a long-time lemon supplier to Chipotle, has received the restaurant chain’s Food With Integrity Award.
Finding strong support from U.S. fruit and vegetable processors, President Biden issued a “Buy American” executive order Jan. 25 that he said will close some of the loopholes in current federal regulations.
U.S. restaurants continue to be susceptible to failure and need federal help, the National Restaurant Association told Congress in a March 2 letter.
Richard “RJ” Durante chatted on his cell phone while riding in the cab of the Nardella Produce truck from the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market to deliver to Pie Lady Café in Moorestown, N.J.
Chicago-based Hazel Technologies, Inc., announces its July virtual Apple Quality Summit.
Research suggests that 40% of food produced in the U.S. is lost or wasted, while approximately one in eight households experiences food insecurity.
Produce Marketing Association Brighter Bites have announced that all attendees registered to attend the PMA Foodservice Conference can also sign up to help give back to local families.
The National Mango Board is currently seeking nominations for six board member positions to serve three-year terms beginning January 2022.
Fresh Freight LLC, the industry’s premier full-service provider of food transportation services, announced that US Foods has received its first annual Shipper of Choice award for supply chain leadership.
Even though lemons and onions have close to full foodservice penetration in all regional U.S. markets, data shows they’re the way to go for the rest of winter and into spring.
The Newark, Del.-based Produce Marketing Association will be bringing the industry back together – in person – in Monterey, Calif., for the Foodservice Conference on July 21-22.
Most California avocado marketers are optimistic that the foodservice trend line is pointing higher, but say making firm predictions is impossible.
California’s Santa Maria shippers say the pandemic’s effect on marketing has been profound, but foodservice demand is slowly recovering.