Produce Retail
Sobeys Inc. has recalled Compliments brand Sweet Kale Blend from stores throughout Canada due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
United Fresh is hosting a food media dialogue panel at this year’s BrandStorm, moderated by Chadwick Boyd, food and lifestyle expert and TV host.
Braga Fresh Family Farms, Soledad, Calif., has purchased a processing facility from Pure Pacific Organics LLC, Gonzales, Calif.
Miami sprout grower Fullei Fresh has completed the Primus GFS audit.
Ocean Mist Farms has announced the launch of its Friendsgiving Flavor campaign to promote the Season & Steam product line to shoppers during the holiday season.
North Bay Produce Inc., Traverse City, Mich., has recalled almost 2,300 cases and two bulk bins of apples because of the potential for Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
More and more communities with few to no grocery stores are looking to require that small-box retailers such as dollar stores carry some fresh foods.
Oviedo, Fla.-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods is in the midst of its biggest annual promotion of Dandy celery.
With many Americans vowing to exercise more and eat better in 2020, Jazz apples will hit the new year hard with healthy-eating promotions.
As the Food and Drug Administration phases out vitamins A and C on nutrition labels in favor of vitamin D and potassium, Monterey Mushrooms is reminding consumers that mushrooms are a source of vitamin D.
Watsonville, Calif.-based A & A Organic Farms is introducing a line of retail-ready packages.
Domex Superfresh Growers, Yakima, Wash., is reporting good movement with the Northwest pear crop, with ample supplies to ship well into summer.
The Coastal Cos., Laurel, Md., has acquired Lancaster Foods, a Jessup, Md.-based retail produce distributor and fresh-cut processor.
Arrive Logistics, Austin, Texas, has opened a new division, Arrive Fresh, to expand a pilot program focused on perishable shipments, including fresh fruits and vegetables, meats and flowers.
Catalytic Generators, Norfolk, Va., is promoting its ethylene generators as a ripening technology that can help boost sales through a conditioned pears program.
The Oppenheimer Group will be the first to import the organic green seedless Arra 15 table grape variety into North America.
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Mango shippers expect ample supplies for the week leading up to Cinco de Mayo.
The power of value-added produce sales speaks for itself.For value-added items, the dollar share of total produce sales rated 9.8% in 2019, according to the Food Industry Association’s (FMI) Power of Produce report.
Purdue University’s Department of Food Science has a message for consumers: Don’t let a fear of the coronavirus COVID-19 to keep you from eating fresh fruits and vegetables.
The Kroger Co.’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation has donated $50,000 to Brighter Bites to help provide access to fresh fruits and vegetables and nutrition education.
Wholesalers, shippers and distributors are strategizing how to handle drastic changes in buying, selling, and how they manage employees as coronavirus COVID-19 has spread.
Chicago Indoor Garden is recalling all of its products containing red clover sprouts, after the Food and Drug Administration advised consumers to avoid them.
With reports of panic buying of food across the U.S. because of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, growers are on the front lines to replenish emptied retail produce department bins.
We’ve received more than 100 additional responses to our poll about how the new coronavirus is affecting the produce industry since we initially tallied the results March 12-13.
Inspections of California and Arizona leafy greens, as outlined in the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreements for those crops, continue despite the spread of COVID-19.
Retailers can find promotional material for Cinco de Mayo from both Avocados From Mexico and the California Avocado Commission.
Consumers who want a strong immune system are looking to fresh produce.
The National Mango Board is offering new display bins and headers to retailers.