Produce - General
JOH, Billerica, Mass., has hired Christine Boettcher as an account executive in the New England division, and Christine DiGirolamo as an account manager in the Mid-Atlantic division.
Giant Heirloom Market is coming to three more Philadelphia neighborhoods — University City, Northern Liberties and Queen Village.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials seized a half-ton of methamphetamine worth more than $14 million concealed in a commercial shipment of fresh produce in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
The Center for Produce Safety, which recently announced an Innovation Challenge award with a total possible payout of $500,000, is having an informational web seminar about the event.
The Produce Marketing Association has hired Dan Stark as chief content officer, a new position designed to enhance the value of content and education from the organization.
Many people watch the Super Bowl for the commercials as much as the game, and I imagine marketers in particular observe with interest the ads that companies pay millions to air.
Truck rates have been easing, but will the polar vortex change all that?
Kerry Bridges is the new vice president of food safety for Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Foodservice supplier US Foods Holding Corp. is expanding its Marrero, La., facility, nearly tripling its size to support growth in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
The Big Idaho Potato Truck has finished another season on the road, traveling more than 40,000 miles and participating in almost 70 events in 2018.
Mary Coppola has been promoted by the United Fresh Produce Association to vice president of marketing and communications.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — While the polar vortex prevented some from making the trip to the Global Organic Produce Expo, those who were able to come were pleased with south Florida weather and the show.
The United Fresh Produce Industry Leadership Program is accepting applications for its 25th class.
Windsor, Ontario-based LabelPac, a company providing equipment that prints and applies labels on fruit, has a partnership with Australian company Label Press.
Matt Mastronardi, executive vice president of Leamington, Ontario-based Pure Flavor, said the company has seen continued growth in snacking products.
A new packaging innovation for NatureFresh is a compostable fiber tray for its 6-count mini cucumber trays, said Ray Wowryk, business development director for the Leamington, Ontario, company.
Harold Paivarinta, senior director sales and business development for Red Sun Farms, Kingsville, Ontario, said the company “hit a home run” in the fall of 2018 with the launch of the company’s Sweetpops.
Salinas, Calif.-based Church Brothers Farms has acquired the commodity vegetable business of Growers Express LLC, also of Salinas.
The United Fresh Produce Association has opened nominations for the Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards Program.
Emerson is releasing the GO Real-Time Flex Tracker, which monitors the ambient temperatures, relative humidity and pulp temperature readings for fresh produce in transit.
Americold Realty Trust, which owns and operates temperature-controlled facilities and infrastructure, has acquired PortFresh Holdings, which serves the fresh produce industry primarily through the Port of Savannah, Ga.
The New England Produce Council and the Organic Produce Network is sponsoring an organic produce conference.
Crawford Packaging, London, Ontario, has hired Carey Berdock to lead its food processing division.
Citrus industry warrior Joel Nelsen will work through the end of 2019, helping Exeter, Calif.-based California Citrus Mutual usher in a new era of leadership under Casey Creamer.
Jeff Pennington has joined Billerica, Mass.-based JOH as an account manager in the Great Lakes division.
Lower prices for Florida tomatoes and Mexican avocados drove the Produce Price Index (my own creation) down to lower levels in late January, though prices for Idaho potatoes are trending higher.
A court decision could come as soon as early February on a motion for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Labor’s 2019 wage rates for foreign agricultural guest workers.
A partnership between Kingsville, Ontario-based DelFrescoPure and CubicFarms will result in an indoor automated vertical growing machine that continuously produces living lettuce, living basil and microgreens.
Norfolk, Va.-based Military Produce Group LLC, has been awarded a 24-month contract with the Defense Commissary Agency to supply fresh produce to commissaries in the Eastern U.S.