Produce Retail
Santa Barbara,Calif.-based Apeel Sciences has announced $250 million in new financing, and endorsements from Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry. The financial boosts brings the company’s valuation to more than $1 billion.
Haitian mangoes maintained their lead on The Packer’s PMG the week of May 18, and cherries claimed the second spot.
The United Fresh Produce Association will be presenting the data from its latest FreshFacts on Retail report, covering the first quarter of 2020, with a web seminar.
New package options are on tap for McFarland, Calif.-based Pretty Lady Vineyards.
Yakima, Wash.-based Domex Superfresh Growers has introduced Super Cherry, a jumbo cherry label.
Blame it on the coronavirus.
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association has a new board of directors for 2020-21.
The United Fresh Produce Association is offering a leadership program with Cornell University at the United Fresh LIVE! online event.
Rockit apples, known for their small size, are now available year-round from Chelan Fresh.
The 2020 Georgia watermelon crop is starting in early June.
The Giumarra Cos., Los Angeles, is introducing three premium nectarines under its DulceVida brand.
Sunkist Growers, Valencia, Calif., is celebrating the return of summer citrus and California Valencia oranges with a campaign focusing on “the all-American summer.”
The Produce for Better Health Foundation plans to debut in mid-June a campaign called Celebrate The Roots Of Our Food: Farmers & Growers Salute.
Pineapple grower-importer Chestnut Hill Farms is partnering with Fresh Fruit, a Dominican Republic exporter, to provide organic fair-trade bananas to East Coast and Gulf Coast states.
Five produce managers being recognized this year by United as some of the best in the nation listed partnerships, marketing investment and sampling as key factors in successful new product launches.
The makers of the Wholly Guacamole brand has a new Wholly Avocado Diced Avocado and single-serve Smashed Avocado products.
If you read the headline and shuddered a little inside, you’re not alone.
As disastrous as we all know COVID-19 has been to our nation and to the fresh produce industry, the collateral damage still brings me up short.
Fresh Express has recalled Southwest Chopped Salads Kits from 11 states because of allergens that are not identified on list of ingredients.
Produce for Kids has a new website with detailed recipes and other information designed to engage consumers.
Georgia watermelon season is peaking as July 4th nears.
The award recipient each year is featured on the cover of our magazine — now PMG, formerly Produce Retailer — and recognized in a ceremony at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
The National Mango Board is having a webinar about evolving mango strategy.
Retail fresh produce sales for the week ending June 28 rose at the lowest growth rate since April 19, according to research firm IRI scan data.
Chiquita is releasing new fitness-related stickers on bananas in July to encourage fun, healthy living.
The Oppenheimer Group is partnering with microgreens and edible flower Koppert Cress, doing business as Flavour Fields, to develop and market varieties of specialty produce.
This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.
A new Washington organic blueberry company is marketing its first fresh crop.
After being hard hit early in the coronavirus pandemic, the herb category seems to be bouncing back, some say with significant double-digit growth.
Potato and onion grower-shipper RPE, Bancroft, Wis., is adopting How2Recycle package labeling for Tasteful Selections products.