Produce - General
Stu Monaghan, whose 30 years in the produce industry was focused on sales and management roles in the southeast, died Feb. 26. He was 52.
More than 10,000 shoppers voted for the 2019 Best New Product Awards, and the two fresh items on the list both belong to Aldi.
Three months after the first fresh produce was picked at the facility, company officials say Pure Flavor’s Fort Valley, Ga., greenhouse is already making inroads in the Southeast.
Earl’s Organic Produce, San Francisco, has added Shannon Waldron to its buying team.
Imported Chilean f.o.b grape prices are up compared with a year ago, but trade sources expect good supply for March promotions.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Whether shoppers prefer bulk or packaged fruits and vegetables often depends on age, gender and other factors, according to the newest Power of Produce report from the Food Marketing Institute.
Wenatchee, Wash-based Keyes Packaging Group has hired Suzanne Wolter as vice president of sales and marketing.
Florida Blueberry Growers Association received a Specialty Crop Block Grant in 2019.
Fresh Direct Produce Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for eight consecutive years.
After more than 15 years with Coral Gables, Fla.-based Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc., Emanuel Lazopoulos plans to retire in April.
The expansion of organic meals at in-store foodservice settings will be the focus of an educational session at the 2019 Organic Produce Summit.
C.H. Robinson has acquired The Space Cargo Group, Madrid, expanding its logistics reach with an emphasis on air and ocean shipping.
The Oppenheimer Group, Vancouver, British Columbia, has been named one of Canada’s Best Managed companies for the 18th year in a row.
Electronic logging devices that have been certified by their makers to meet minimum requirements are now listed on the website of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Following up on its February removal of a ban on California romaine lettuce imports, Hong Kong on March 5 lifted its ban on imports and sales of Arizona romaine.
How much is food choice based on a logical thought process versus an instinctual, “primal” desire?
Bonduelle Fresh Americas, formerly Ready Pac Foods, has hired Monica Johnson as general counsel to its executive committee.
Red Sun Farms, Kingsville, Ontario, has been named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the seventh consecutive year.
Greenhouse company Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, has been named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, for the 10th time.
Instead of going out to lunch for that quarter-pounder bacon burger, why not just pick the salad bar?
Produce distributor FreshPack Produce, Denver, is the exclusive supplier to Torchy’s Tacos in Colorado.
Scott Gottlieb, the Food and Drug Administration commissioner whose two-year tenure has included oversight of recent romaine outbreaks and implementation of many Food Safety Modernization Act regulations, has resigned.
Discover a variety of grape information such as; consumer trends, retail availability and trending sales statistics.
As growers in California’s Salinas Valley turn more and more to the H-2A temporary worker program to harvest their crops, new farmworker housing projects are springing up to support that trend.
With only a two-week gap between Easter and Cinco de Mayo this year, mango grower-shippers may be scrambling to keep fruit in the pipeline.
Interest in workers’ rights and global farming mean that consumers are getting vocal about a lot of things these days. Thankfully, the product offered by the fresh fruit and vegetable industry is a solid winner. Consumers continue to clamor for fresh produce, and they’re becoming more conscientious about how it’s produced and where it comes from.
Integrated Fresh Solutions, Swedesboro, N.J., has promoted Bob Harper to chief operating officer of Integrated Fresh Solutions (IFS) companies.
The urban legend of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx goes something to the effect that people or teams on the cover of the magazine subsequently experience bad luck.
FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., has hired Kate Brooks as vice president of sales-East.
David and Jean Warren, founders of Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Central American Produce Inc., have died.