Produce Retail
Zespri is starting the season with new kiwifruit packaging and a national campaign, Let Your Taste Wander.
Hillary Brick, senior vice president of marketing at the Giumarra Cos., Los Angeles, has retired after more than 26 years at the company.
Emerging from the wettest May many can remember, California cherry growers and shippers say harvests will be late and production will be down due to rain-related fruit damage.
Celery’s high prices, high demand and low supply show no sign of changing soon.
Inspired by the July 19 release of Disney’s new “Lion King” film, Dole Fresh Fruit is launching a summer-long healthy living initiative, National Eat More Fruit and Vegetables Day.
Products that win produce department category ownership and placement generally help drive fresh produce sales as well.
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The Food and Drug Administration is inspecting a Del Monte Fresh Produce Inc. facility after four cases of salmonellosis were linked to vegetable trays produced there.
Retailers say bell peppers and sweet mini peppers can really brighten up a produce department.
Northwest cherry grower-shippers are expecting to have plenty of product for their June-August market window this year.
Sage Fruit Co. will have a new cherry bin this year for retailers to use during the cherry season.
Courtesy, and by extension professionalism, begins at the top. Or it should.
CMI Orchards, Wenatchee, Wash., is ready for another imported apple season, with fruit from New Zealand, Argentina and Chile arriving in June.
Retail consumer food prices are projected to increase between 0.5% to 1.5% in 2019, according to the latest price forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tokyo-based Oisix ra daichi sees a big opportunity in meal kits, with the U.S. market expected to double by 2022 and the Japanese market also quickly growing.
Long-time Twin City produce companies H. Brooks & Co. and its affiliates, and J&J Distributing are being acquired and consolidated into a new company, known as New Harvest Foods, helmed by industry veteran Ron Carkoski.
The Chilean Kiwifruit Committee is kicking off its first marketing campaign for North America, following rising volumes of the Fruit arriving in the U.S. each season.
Northwest fruit marketers will give retailers plenty of promotion opportunities from mid-June to mid-August.
Sun World Innovations, Palm Desert, Calif., has chosen a group of companies to import and market proprietary grapes in North America.
The California Dried Plum Board is once again embracing “prunes,” 19 years after changing its name and the way the dried fruit was marketed.
Chelan, Wash.-based Chelan Fresh Marketing continues to expand its supplier base, said Tim Evans, general sales manager.
The Ready Pac Foods brand is celebrating National Mango Month in June with a limited-edition Bistro Tropical Mango Salad with Mango Cilantro Vinaigrette.
Charlie’s Produce, Seattle, has acquired Better Life Organics, Los Angeles.
West Pak Avocado Inc. has hired Joe Nava as vice president of sales and business development.
Naturipe Berry Farms is taking to social media to honor veterans through a fundraiser for the Gary Sinise Foundation.
There is no disputing that e-commerce sales of groceries are expanding, but one supply chain consultant says retailers face several challenges as click-and-collect and home delivery sales expand.
The National Watermelon Promotion Board, Winter Springs, Fla., received 170 entries from across the U.S. and Canada for its 11th annual retail display contest.
With more than 20 years of experience in the North American supermarket industry, Mike Mauti has learned “Retail 101” firsthand.
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.
President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency because the coronavirus COVID-19 and waived the hours of service rules for truck drivers transporting emergency supplies of produce and other foods.