Logistics
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.
The Allen Lund Company announces the celebration of its 45th anniversary in 2021.
The La Cañada Flintridge, Calif.-based Allen Lund Co. has announced the acquisition of Magic Valley Truck Brokers, Inc. Boise, Idaho.
The California avocado crop will be smaller this year, but promotable volume will arrive by late April, according to California Avocado Commission projections.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the common narrative among produce marketers is that consumers have been drawn toward bagged fruit, whether that be for convenience, economy or perceptions of safety.
Most California avocado marketers are optimistic that the foodservice trend line is pointing higher, but say making firm predictions is impossible.
Read how shippers say retail sales of Santa Maria produce can be more effective.
California’s Santa Maria shippers say the pandemic’s effect on marketing has been profound, but foodservice demand is slowly recovering.
The Packer is seeking insight and input from suppliers of California cherries for upcoming editorial coverage in the April 12 California cherry section.
With core items that include broccoli, cauliflower, spinach and cilantro, Santa Maria, Calif.-based Gold Coast Packing Co. Inc. also has significantly grown its Brussels sprouts program in recent years.
California’s Coachella Valley grape output may slip in 2021, as bearing grape acreage has declined and the industry has consolidated.
With the help of the H-2A program, Santa Maria growers expect tight but manageable labor availability for 2021.
2020 was a record year for mangoes, with a double-digit lift in volume velocity, at 12%, according to the National Mango Board. And whole-mango dollar velocity was up 19% year over year.
To tell the story of the Texas 1015 Sweet Onion (TX1015), the Mission-based Texas International Produce Association has taken advantage of a USDA Specialty Crop Grant administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture.
The Packer wants to hear California onion suppliers’ insights and perspectives on this year’s crop.
With deep roots in the state, Michelle Grainger was a natural fit for the North Carolina SweetPotato Commission when she hired as executive director in August last year.
Part two of The Packer’s editor Tom Karst and the North Carolina SweetPotato Commission’s Michelle Grainger.
The first estimate from Northwest Cherries pegs the 2021 crop at 23.79 million cartons, up 20% from 19.83 million cartons in 2020 and up 2% from 2019.
The Packer is seeking input from growers, shippers and marketers of Florida avocados to help prepare coverage for its May 31 Florida avocado section.
North Carolina Ports continues to expand its role as a global supply chain gateway by announcing that Sealand – A Maersk Company, is adding a weekly Port of Wilmington call to its NAE service.
Consumers have been eagerly awaiting the 2021 crop of Michigan asparagus and will now be rewarded with the seasonal favorite now at their local stores.
With spring firmly settling in with longer, warmer days on the horizon, Leamington, Ontario-based greenhouse vegetable grower Pure Flavor® has released the second edition of its successful Live Deliciously eMagazine.
Since the new year, asparagus shipments from Peru to PortMiami have continued to grow after last year’s record, continuing to increase in 2021.
Hollay discusses the cost and availability issues around pallets due to the lumber shortage, and he recaps the conversations United has been having with companies and with government to try to help ease the situation.
Shuman Farms will be shipping Vidalia sweet onions from southeast Georgia through late August and early September.
Supply of North Carolina onions, potatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables is increasing seasonally for Raleigh-based L&M Cos.
With tight trucks in May and the likelihood of further escalation before the Fourth of July, sources said the rising spot market for trucks is pushing costs higher for shippers and placing a premium on straight loads.
Berries are doing fairly well nationwide, despite some typical weather challenges in dry California, a rainy or chilly spring in the Southeast, and atypical hailstorms in North Carolina that reduced the blueberry crop.
Social media memes of the plump, pear-shaped avocado cartoon figure lifting weights or telling itself in the mirror that it’s the “good kind of fat” parallel the Health at Every Size movement.
If the whole point of the Peruvian Avocado Commission is to get more people to eat more avocados from Peru, then promoting the pear-shaped, mild-tasting, buttery fruit is of utmost importance.