Northwest (U.S.)
The Pear Bureau Northwest is asking retailers to show their love of red pears with a display contest.
Kent, Wash.-based Pacific Coast Fruit Co., acquired Seattle-based Northwest Specialty Produce.
USA Pears won Best In-house Digital Marketing Campaign for its Virtual Flavor Experience videos from PR News and the Social Shake-up’s 2021 Digital + Social Media Awards.
Lyndonville, N.Y.-based United Apple Sales is experiencing extremes: A great Northeast U.S. growing season so far, and a severely hot Northwest U.S. growing season.
Cherry grower-shippers are, more and more, putting the focus on sustainability.
The early season volume out of the Northwest should help cherry-focused retailers transition from this year’s California crop.
Grower-shippers who market organic cherries agree that the category plays an important role in their cherry programs.
Multiple growing regions in North America have strengthened the availability of the crunchy, flavorful apple variety this winter, despite crop shortages in Washington.
The medium-sized winter pear variety launches its first season in February and likely selling into April 2023.
The experienced attorney has joined the northwest fruit grower-shipper in a newly created role.
The availability of livestock workers was ranked as more limited than crop workers and finding long-term help seen as more difficult than temporary help due to the seasonal nature of the ag industry.
Superfresh Growers, Yakima, Wash., is marketing blueberries with an exclusive supply agreement with Norris Farms, Roseburg, Ore.
CMI Orchards, Wenatchee, Wash., is extending the American Dream retail program from apples to cherries.
Pear Bureau Northwest is taking National Pear Month global.
The American Heart Association’s Heart-Check can now be used on all 10 varieties of Northwest pears with the USA Pears brand.
With California cherry growers dealing with damage from rains, Northwest shippers are preparing for a favorable start to the season in mid-June.
Unrelenting trade friction with China will likely cost U.S. fruit growers export sales again in 2019.
Vancouver, British Columbia-based The Oppenheimer Group in 2019 is marking 10 years of marketing cherries from The Dalles, Ore.-based Orchard View Inc., said David Nelley, category vice president at Oppy.
Organic cherries probably lag a bit behind apples and pears in the Pacific Northwest, but cherries are making some gains, suppliers say.
Northwest fruit marketers will give retailers plenty of promotion opportunities from mid-June to mid-August.
California Giant Berry Farms is anticipating promotable yields of blueberries out of Oregon, British Columbia and Washington state in July and August.
A new “restaurant-style” potato is being launched this fall by RPE’s Farmer’s Promise brand, with the new crop anticipated Oct. 1.
The two Wenatchee, Wash.-based fruit companies are partnering to expand the combined apple, pear and cherry offerings.
Orchard View says its 100th season is shaping up to be large in volume and excellent in quality, even if it’s set to begin as much as two weeks later than usual due to chilly early spring weather.
The Inland Northwest-based fresh fruit and vegetable distributor and its parent company, URM Stores Inc., have appointed the produce veteran as president.
Two Pacific Northwest fruit purveyors have joined forces to grow and expand market reach in apples, pears and cherries.