PMG Produce Products
The Well•Pict tradeshow crew is heading to Hollywood, Fla., for the Global Organic Produce Expo, going on Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
As consumers increasingly crave freshness and convenience, sales of fresh cut, value-added produce continue to climb.
With domestic Honeycrisp supply light, imports from the Southern Hemisphere will soon give retailers more volume to promote, according to Don Roper, vice president of sales and marketing, Honeybear Brands.
Here are the top 10 commodities searched for on Produce Market Guide in 2021.
The marketing collaboration reimagines Gotham Greens Gourmet Medley lettuce as Grateful Greens with custom packaging featuring the band’s iconic Dancing Bears and a QR code that unlocks curated content.
Bee Sweet Citrus is reporting a strong supply of lemons, cara cara navel oranges and blood oranges this year in time for spring holiday promotions.
FreshDirect is touting curated offerings, including Oishii’s limited-edition holiday gift box and Driscoll’s Sweetest Batch strawberries.
The brand says the design change comes as shopper demand increases for healthy, convenient and cost-effective meals.
As the fall school season approaches, Nature Fresh Farms launched a themed snacking line to encourage children to eat more fresh produce at school, on-the-go and at home.
On a recent spring morning, I found myself leaving an appointment in New York City’s Chinatown. As I spilled onto the sidewalk, I faced all sorts of unfamiliar fresh produce displayed on tables on almost every block.
Strawberries are becoming like semi-precious jewels as yet another produce category that’s gaining sophistication, variety and premiumization.
We know avocados are popular these days. But you need to know more details for your ordering needs, marketing plans and general strategy.
Here’s the lowdown on some of the most common varieties.
I have been writing about food for more than a dozen years and lived within a three-hour drive from the Florida Keys for more than 30 years. How could I have never done this?
The O Organics brand of Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons is celebrating its growth and evolution with vibrant new packaging designed to stand out.
Ontario, Calif.-based Costco is upping its global cuisine offerings with the new Tandoori Chicken Bowls with Green Chutney and Cool Yogurt Sauce from FiveStar Gourmet Foods, producers of the Simply Fresh Kitchen brand.
New York City-based indoor vertical grower Bowery Farming launched a two-variety pack of strawberries — the first commercial release beyond leafy greens and herbs for the agtech company.
Indoor, vertical AeroFarms, Newark, N.J., launches ‘hot and bold’ wasabi microgreens. We taste and talk. The ag-tech, Certified B Corporation also partnered with the University of Florida to create tastier tomatoes.
Tarrytown, N.Y.-based Jac. Vandenberg Inc. is introducing to the market its Sunrays-branded bio bags for table grapes, which are certified home-compostable.
Let’s talk about some fancy Japanese berries with a price tag that makes you pause — even when that price is slashed by 60%.
As those shining garnet globes pop up in stores this fall, don’t forget to market the functional health benefits, as well as snacking opportunities and recipe versatility of your fresh and dried cranberries.
They’re called Hatchheads, a nickname reminiscent of the Deadhead fans who follow the Grateful Dead shows.
The other day, someone asked me if I like to eat papayas, to which I responded, “What kind of papayas?”
How many shoppers go beyond spinach and artichoke dip — and actually buy the whole, fresh artichoke?
While a yellow onion and a red onion are obviously different, it’s not as easy to tell the difference among all the fresh onions with long green leaves and white tips that come in springtime.
New York City-based Bowery, a vertical farming company serving more than 1,800 grocery stores and e-commerce platforms, expanded its ready-to-eat salad kits to all 166 Giant Food locations.
The “Litehouse in the House” salad dressing and dip campaign by Sandpoint, Idaho-based Litehouse is calling on consumers to get the summertime salad party started.
Move over, mushrooms: Meatballs, tacos and Bolognese can all be plant-based using walnut protein. And some social media influencers, as well as fruit and cheese brands, are chipping in to promote these nuts.
Fair Earth Farms is a retail line that launched in July 2022, pioneering packaging organic salad kits and salad blends in plant-based, fully-compostable bags, printed using water-based inks.
Following recent European expansion, clean tech company TIPA Corp. has partnered with PPC Flexible Packaging and Clearview Packaging for U.S. production of flexible, compostable packaging usable for produce.