Produce Retail
Good Foods, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., has hired Jay Guzman as key account manager.
The National Mango Board, Orlando, Fla., is offering display bins to U.S. mango shippers on a first-come, first-served basis.
Sesame Street characters could start popping up in convenience stores across the nation as part of the Eat Brighter! campaign.
Amazon has cut Whole Foods prices again, this time with a focus on fresh produce.
Viva Fresh Produce Expo attendees can tour the San Antonio Wholesale Produce Market
The Star Group of Companies, Saskatoon, Saskatchewon, is pledging to reduce plastic use, following a number of steps it has taken towards that goal.
If only we could read what our produce customers are really thinking.
CMI Orchards will join Stemilt Growers as the exclusive marketers of Skylar Rae brand cherries when they become available in mid-June.
As the Washington cherry harvest nears, Chelan Fresh has new packaging for its conventional and organic cherries.
Crunch Pak, which pioneered sliced apple availability at retail and foodservice, is introducing sliced and diced fresh-cut pears.
FirstFruits Marketing, Yakima, Wash., has been sponsoring the Take a Bite out of Hunger campaign for nine years, donating about two million pounds of apples to food banks across the country.
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Whole Foods is making more changes to reduce its plastic use, including banning plastic straws.
The Hass Avocado Board, which breaks down avocado sales for holidays throughout the seasons, has reported the fourth quarter of 2018 marked a four-year high.
California Giant Berry Farms, Watsonville, is celebrating a milestone this summer with its summer blueberry program — conventional and organic — seeing dramatic production increases.
U.S. organic sales hit a record $52.5 billion in 2018, up 6.3% from the previous year.
The fourth annual Organic Produce Summit will feature consumer data and analysis on growing sales of organics, backed by new research on what’s driving fresh produce sales in the sector.
PISMO BEACH, Calif. — Loop, a division of New Jersey recycling company TerraCycle, seeks to reduce waste by marketing big-brand durable and reusable consumer packaging.
Fyffes is introducing a new band for banana bunches as a significant step in reducing packaging.
Recent Shelby Market data has revealed the top retailers by market share in each region of the United States.
Brian Jenny has joined BrightFarms, Irvington, N.Y., as vice president of sales.
Recent Shelby Market data has revealed the top retailers by market share in each region of the United States.
Caito Foods LLC, Indianapolis, has recalled salads with chicken because soy, an allergen, was not listed as an ingredient.
With the start of summer, white-flesh Angelcots are available from Frieda’s Inc., Los Alamitos, Calif.
Kansas City, Kan.-based wholesaler Liberty Fruit Co. hired a new CEO. John McClelland starts May 14.
Lucky’s Market looks to grow its store count by more than 40% by the end of 2018.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Fruits and vegetables are the retail stars in more ways than one, a panel of retailers said at the Produce for Better Health Foundation’s annual meeting April 3-6.
The Vidalia onion industry has plans for an aggressive promotional season, said Bob Stafford, interim director of the Vidalia Onion Committee in Vidalia, Ga.
Demand in the eastern U.S. has seen movement from Fallbrook, Calif.-based Del Rey Avocado’s Vineland, N.J. facility grow so rapidly, it’s expanding after 18 months.
Danone is considering a sale of Earthbound Farm, the organic produce processor and distributor it acquired in 2016.