PMG Supplier Spotlight
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.
And with this company, the news expands from grocery retailers to public schools, cookbooks and a Middle Eastern research facility.
Move over, blueberry pie: Chelsea Consalo, executive vice president of Consalo Family Farms and Fresh Wave, Vineland, N.J., loves to bake this blueberry pie.
Avocados and mangoes are a couple of the top produce items for Cinco de Mayo, and suppliers expect demand to be strong despite different consumer patterns than previous years.
The Hunts Point Produce Market’s annual Thanksgiving-time food donation event will return, and it will hit all five boroughs.
The 115-year-old, family-owned company, M. Levin and Co., is a ripener-distributor for bananas. It also offers a wide range of tropical items, including mangoes, dragon fruit and passion fruit.
Arama Kukutai serves as cofounder and partner at Finistere Ventures, a venture firm that identifies and nurtures promising agribusiness and food tech companies such as Plenty, an indoor vertical farming company.
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.
For operators and their customers, in addition to the always good news of year-round mango availability, March comes in with two items worthy of their attention.
For Santa Maria, Calif.-based Babe Farms Inc., colorful displays and in-store demos that make consumers want to get back in the kitchen are the key to successful produce sales at retail.
These produce companies were searched for the most on Produce Market Guide last week.
The San Francisco-based food technology company has completed the acquisition of foodservice provider Daylight Foods of Union City, Calif.
Well-Pict Berries is a marketer of 100% proprietary variety strawberries and raspberries. The company offers conventional and organically grown strawberries, as well as conventionally grown raspberries.
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.
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.
Fulfilled by Misfits is a service for perishable brands to store, pack and deliver products nationwide through the company’s logistics platform.
Produce suppliers who may qualify as diverse have a new program to get into some big supermarket chains.
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.
How to merchandise the dizzying number of Eastern apple varieties to drive sales in the produce department.
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. — 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.
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.
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.
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.
Martín Casanova and Raul Fernandez created the Thx! brand with an eye toward differentiating their produce offerings, particularly berries and cherries.
Heading into the industry’s first virtual trade show, prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Red Sun Farms adjusted its booth focus to spotlight its growing Sweets program.
Mount Maunganui, New Zealand-based Zespri and Miami-based Fresh Directions International shared a booth at the first-ever United Fresh Live! virtual event.