Produce Retail
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.
Gala apple sales and volume showed a sharp uptick in December compared with year-ago sales, according Stemilt Growers.
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.
Ocean Mist Farms is kicking off the Coachella, Calif., season with Peace, Love & Artichokes.
“Now if you could just solve the yam/sweet potato confusion.”
Branded apples have disrupted core variety sales, and given retailers another tier of apples promote, along with core variety organic apples.
Ambrosia Gold. Kiku. Kanzi. Smitten. Jazz. Envy. Pacific Rose.
Jeff Pennington has joined Billerica, Mass.-based JOH as an account manager in the Great Lakes division.
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.
The Wonderful Co., whose products include Wonderful Pistachios, Halos mandarins and other citrus and POM Wonderful products, pledges to use 100% renewable electricity at its operations by 2025.
Maglio Cos., Milwaukee, Wis., has introduced new options for its Readyripe watermelon pouch.
Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, Calif., is launching Reach for the Gold, its spring artichoke campaign.
Melon grower and importer Sol Group, Pompano Beach Fla., will be shipping honeydews and cantaloupes this summer, and a full line of Kiss brand melons.
Pure Hothouse Foods, Leamington, Ontario, is adding organic greenhouse growers for its Pure Flavor brand and launching a culinary line.
Pure Hothouse Foods, Leamington, Ontario, is adding organic greenhouse growers for its Pure Flavor brand and launching a culinary line.
After successful tours the past two seasons, Envy apples’ 2019 Roadshow is an expanded three-month outreach program that asks consumers to “break away from the everyday.”
Fresh greens from Bowery Farming, New York, N.Y., are now available throughout the greater New York area from Peapod and will be offered on AmazonFresh in mid-April.
A Jazz apple promotion with Jeep for a giveaway of a 2019 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon and outdoor-themed prizes has received about 300,000 entries.
Morning Kiss Organic, Chelsea, Mass., is continuing its partnership with Generation Farms, offering organic Vidalia onions.
The Schnucks Rewards app now has two more features — a wellness guide and a shopping list function optimized for store layout.
Harvest Sensations LLC has promoted Terri Fletcher to sales director at the company’s Los Angeles office.
The Global Grape Summit’s debut will cover numerous issues around the supply, demand and marketing table of grapes around the world.
The California Table Grape Commission, Fresno, has funded another round of Innovation in Teaching grants.
The Fresh Produce & Floral Council, Anaheim, Calif., has chosen the participants in the 2019 FPFC Apprentice Program.
Ah, those lovely interruptions — not catastrophes, yet mini crises all the same.
Side Delights potato dishes are driving traffic to retail stores, according to Fresh Solutions Network LLC, supplier to the brand.
The National Watermelon Promotion Board’s 2019 plans include investing in nutrition research and focusing on the plant-based diet trend.
Mike Krage is the Idaho Potato Commission’s newest retail promotions director, covering the Northeast and Midwest.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Michelle Ann Passaretti is the winner of the 2019 Viva Fresh Healthy Living Award.
Following the granny smith and golden delicious, the Arctic Fuji apple, engineered to resist browning, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.