Produce Retail
Retailer Giant Food, in partnership with Avocados from Peru, is donating a trailer load of avocados to Feeding America food banks on National Avocado Day, July 31.
The COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t seem to have hurt sales of organic produce.
Tree-ripened peaches from California’s San Joaquin Valley were shipped by air to four Gelson’s stores in the Los Angeles region, and the experiment was hailed as a success.
In certain areas of Quebec, crops thrive in that special mucky, black soil that many upstate New York growers enjoy.
Salsa joins the list of recalled food caught up in a nationwide advisory on onions because of an outbreak of Salmonella Newport.
Fresh Innovations LLC has opened two new facilities and plans to launch a new, innovative product in the fall, said Jay Alley, vice president of sales.
Landover, Md.-based Giant Food Stores are king of the hill and likely to stay that way.
To-Jo Mushrooms, Avondale, Pa., offers a full range of mushroom varieties, said Kevin Delaney, vice president of sales and marketing.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to eat Alfalfa & Radish Micro-greens from Sunsprout after a routine test found the presence of salmonella.
Bronx, N.Y.-based FreshDirect is enhancing its service offering to the Washington, D.C., metro area.
U.S. and Canadian mushroom supplies were starting to inch back up in midsummer after growers curtailed planting in response to a precipitous drop in sales when COVID-19 hit in March.
Keenes, Il-based Frey Farms is rebranding its entire line from Frey Farms to Sarah’s Homegrown by Frey Farms.
The Food and Drug Administration’s investigation into an outbreak of cyclospora infection from Fresh Express garden salads led the agency to Florida, where the parasite was found in a canal.
Jazz apples are being featured in a new campaign, Bring On the Snack, to motivate consumers to snack healthfully.
Coosemans DC, Jessup, Md., is now offering a sustainable fresh herb bag program in addition to the traditional clamshell packs for retail herbs.
Phillips Mushroom Farms, Kennett Square, Pa., has updated the packaging for its popular Gourmet Blend, which contains baby bella, oyster and shiitake mushrooms, said Sean Steller, director of business development.
It’s too early for an official forecast of how many avocados Chilean growers will ship to the U.S. market this season, but some importers expect volume to be less than last season’s 27 million pounds.
The fact that COVID-19 may well lead to the cancellation of favorite fall activities, including Halloween, doesn’t bother the vice president of sales and marketing for Keenes, Ill.-based Frey Farms in the least.
The onset of the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the California Avocado Commission to shift some elements of its planned advertising and social media campaign to use tactics that reach targeted consumers at home.
The California Table Grape Commission has three new commercials airing in the U.S. and key export markets as part of the Go with Grapes from California Every Day campaign.
Summer Citrus from South Africa has finished another successful consumer promotion, Here Comes the Sun.
The packaging issue has turned into a dilemma for the produce industry in general and the organic segment in particular.
Globalmex International has expanded offerings of year-round tomato varieties under the Magic Sun label.
The United Fresh Produce Association is bringing back its retail-foodservice speed dating sessions as part of the offerings of United Fresh LIVE! 365.
Pristine grapes are on the shelves again.
Chilean navel oranges are riding the wave of popularity the citrus category is seeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cindy Adkins, who marketed organic fingerling potatoes in Colorado’s San Luis Valley for 22 years, is now a sales representative for MountainKing Potatoes, Houston.