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Fulfilled by Misfits is a service for perishable brands to store, pack and deliver products nationwide through the company's logistics platform.

GuacAImole is a recipe generator that creates personalized guac recipes using a photo of ingredients or a finished dish.

Jeff Burt, president and chief operating officer of Caruso USA, highlighted Caruso Foods' commitment to industry demands, emphasizing quality and innovation in a recent interview with The Packer.

D’Arrigo California is commemorating the 100th birthday of Andy D’Arrigo, whose leadership helped shaped the company.

At the FMI Mid-winter Conference in Florida, the Independent Grocers Alliance honored the former president of W. Lee Flowers & Co. with the J. Frank Grimes Award.

Heirloom navels are available at Bee Sweet Citrus, further expanding their line of winter citrus varieties.

The Philadelphia-based importer has designated Haydy Shahin and Pascuala Vergara Sabaini as country managers, moves it says underscores its commitment to diversity and equal opportunities in top leadership.

Tops Friendly Markets continues to make advances not only in its day-to-day efforts to adopt practices that help protect the environment, but also in efforts that will make a lifelong impact, the company says.

AgroFresh experts will be available at Fruit Logistica in Berlin to discuss technologies that help reduce food waste and extend fruit quality.

D’Arrigo New York’s online platform allows a customer to place an order directly into the ProducePro system, where the entire product lineup can be found.

The vertical, controlled environment agriculture greens grower says it’s doubling its retail footprint by expanding to Whole Foods Market and Gelson’s Markets California stores.

Get ready for “The Big Flavor": New York Apple Association has new recipes and a new promotion strategy for the fast-approaching fall 2023 marketing season. Some apples are ready as early as August.

Bowery launched a new salad kit on Amazon Fresh, as well as transformed its packaging, branding, website and continues expanding its farms.

The Arizona-based produce broker, shipper and wholesaler received Whole Foods Market’s annual supplier award that recognizes 15 brands that raise the bar for quality, innovation, value and social responsibility.

United Natural Foods Inc. will eliminate 150 roles — mostly managers and supervisors — as part of its consolidation of four operating regions into three: East, Central and West.

“We are closer than we have ever been to funding a project that means so much to our nation’s food infrastructure,” said Phillip Grant, CEO of the Hunts Point Produce Market.

Retailers can expect “much more” promotable volumes of cherries this season, says Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt, a Mathison family-owned-and-operated grower, packer and shipper of tree fruit.

Some recipes on mango.org have shoppable ingredients, thanks to a partnership with Chicory. Consumers can select the retailer of their choice.

The annual event typically draws more than 100 people, from growers, brokers and shippers to marketers, wholesalers and retailers.

Indoor vertical grower AeroFarms is transferring its Newark, N.J., commercial operations to its commercial farm in Danville, Va., so that the New Jersey location can handle R&D operations.

AeroFarms has hired two more produce leaders to support retail and foodservice business. The controlled environment agriculture company, based in Newark, N.J., has farms along the Eastern Seaboard and in Abu Dhabi.

Vidalia onions are available for a limited time each year, between April through early September. The pack date is determined by soil and weather conditions during the growing season.

ORLANDO, Fla. — As retail buyers roamed the aisles of Southeast Produce Council's March 2-4 Southern Exposure event, some stopped for reasons besides good business.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Several companies got creative for the "Produce: The Final Frontier" Star Trek theme at the March 2-4 Southeast Produce Council's Southern Exposure conference, while sharing product innovations.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Southern Flavor Cocktail Party overlooking the Disney World fireworks was among the opening night festivities at the Southeast Produce Council's 2023 Southern Exposure conference.

Springworks Farm, a certified organic aquaponic greenhouse company based in Lisbon, Maine, has received a $22 million round of fresh funding that will fuel the company’s regional expansion.

Value-added salad company Fresh Express launched the new year with its annual #FreshIntentions Challenge, an online and social campaign for consumers to achieve their goals in 2023.

Chile's challenges with shipping, plus labor — sound familiar? — have put a dent in export volumes of fresh fruit, but key players are collaborating to resolve the issue using all sorts of strategies.

We all know that in the last few years, high-tech, indoor-grown produce has been blowing up — in the best way.

Among other roles and companies, Ybarra has more than 30 years of experience at H-E-B, the grocery retailer headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

Chicago-based Anthony Marano Co. continues to put out its own industry publication called Sourced, said CEO Anton Marano.

The Ruby Co., Buffalo Grove, Ill., remains in growth mode, said Josh Wolff, director of growth and strategy.

Baldor Specialty Foods is not one to be left behind in trends.

Here are five reasons Chris Miller rocks as produce director at his grocery company.

The Bronx, N.Y.-based company has partnered with Farm to People, a New York City-based service for delivering local, sustainable and ethically sourced produce and pantry items to home cooks.

Square Roots will grow food onsite at United Natural Foods Inc. facilities, shortening the supply chain and giving back days of freshness to UNFI’s retail customers year-round.

Travel with us as we take the journey of the apple from the orchard to the packing house to the storage facility and then to the restaurant and supermarket.

Local Leaf Farms plans to reduce food miles and logistics headaches by opening as many as 20 small-footprint facilities across Canada by 2025.

This is a five-year offtake agreement for Local Bounti's leafy greens production.

Hunts Point Produce Market stands to benefit from New York City Eric Adams' food-focused health initiatives as well as promising money-backed progression toward a much-needed market overhaul.

Co-founded by Chef Dan Barber, Row 7 Seed Co., based in Newburgh, N.Y., has launched a line of branded vegetables available in select Whole Foods Market locations in the Greater Boston area.

And with this company, the news expands from grocery retailers to public schools, cookbooks and a Middle Eastern research facility.

Avocados from Peru debuted its first Fighting Hunger with Nutrition Award at a celebration of its donation of 26,000 avocados to fight food insecurity.

How to merchandise the dizzying number of Eastern apple varieties to drive sales in the produce department.

The largest apple producer on the East Coast, New York had a Hot Growing Summer. With the help of irrigation systems, the growing season did well for a fall harvest of apples sizing well in many varieties.

United Natural Foods Inc. has implemented the tech and strategies to shorten certain delivery times by more than a day and better use its data to deliver fresher produce to its customers.

The new AeroFarms indoor vertical farm will distribute mostly to the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast markets with the ability to reach about 50 million people within a day’s drive.

Produce suppliers who may qualify as diverse have a new program to get into some big supermarket chains.

The New York Apple Association's new commercial featuring New York apple growers won a bronze Telly award and will air on several major TV networks.

PALM DESERT, Calif. — The latest packaging designs on the products of North Shore Living Herbs and Greens, Thermal, Calif., have all sorts of useful information.