Produce Retail
California table grape production is seeing a “new normal” of 100 million-plus box crops, according to the California Table Grape Commission.
The world’s largest retailer will now let shipments of food and other products arrive at regional distribution centers one day early, a reverse from Walmart’s previous stance.
Mastronardi Produce is opening a sixth greenhouse in the U.S., with a 20-acre facility in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
Produce industry organizations commended suppliers July 9 for coming together to protest the new 90-day payment policy Kroger intended to implement across its business.
Danone is considering a sale of Earthbound Farm, the organic produce processor and distributor it acquired in 2016.
Canadian retailer Loblaw Cos. Ltd. is signaling a huge commitment to local growers, pledging to spend $150 million more each year by 2025, buying local produce and curtailing imports when possible.
Urban Picnik salad meals, now available at retailers in Quebec where the company is based, is branching out across Canada, with distribution to grocery and convenience stores – and an eye on U.S. expansion.
Naturipe Farms is seeing peak supplies of strawberries from California.
Indoor farming company Fifth Season plans to open a 60,000-square-foot vertical farm in Braddock, Pa., a former steel town near Pittsburgh.
Curation Foods, Santa Maria, Calif., has introduced Yucatan Guacamole Squeeze, in a flexible squeeze pouch that has a one-way nozzle to keep air out and prolong freshness.
The Produce for Better Health Foundation is bringing more than 20 retail dietitians to its 2019 Education2Action Retail Dietitian Event at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
Zespri is highlighting the new SunGold kiwifruit clamshell at its Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit booth, and offering Kiwiritas and a chance to play S’KIWI ball.
The growers of Sunions tearless onions have quadrupled production this season.
Walmart has committed $4 million to help fight food insecurity in Texas, and nearly $1.3 million will go to fresh produce-focused nonprofit Brighter Bites.
Produce wholesalers at the Raleigh (N.C.) State Farmers Market may be booted from their space when a master plan for redesigning the property and surrounding land comes to fruition.
For the first time this season, Frieda’s is offering a collection of limited-time holiday line of alliums, with pearl onions, cipolline onions and 6-ounce shallots in festive clamshells.
Village Farms is inviting Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit attendees to tee up at its booth.
The California Table Grape Commission has hired Maria Montalvo as its marketing director of retail and foodservice promotion.
Blazer Wilkinson, Salinas, Calif., has a new website highlighting “The Ultimate Strawberry,” as the company ramps up production of its Foxy brand conventional and organic strawberries.
Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, plans to make a bang! at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo with two new peppers.
West Pak Avocado, Murrieta, Calif., has received the Fairtrade America Fairtrade Mark, a recognition the company ensures it ethically sources product.
Dole has another round of recipes to tie in with Disney’s “Frozen 2,” taking inspiration from characters in the film.
Thanksgiving can catch produce managers off guard, especially after a relatively slow six weeks or so leading up to the holiday.
Mann Packing Co. is recalling products in the U.S. and Canada after federal health agencies in the two countries notified the company of a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.
The California Walnut Board’s Golden Walnut Sweepstakes is returning.
Albertsons has recalled more than 70 fresh-cut vegetable items in relation to a Mann Packing Co. recall, including salad bar items, over concerns of Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
San Miguel Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., is introducing a line of Kale Chip Kits for consumers to make the healthy snacks at home.
The USDA has tabbed the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition and Fair Food Network to help develop nutrition incentive programs to increase fruit and vegetable purchases for food stamp recipients.
Wegmans is notifying customers that two products available at its in-store salad bars are involved in a national recall of Mann Packing Co. products due to concerns of listeria contamination.
Hydroponic greenhouse grower BrightFarms’ next project is in Hendersonville, N.C., with a 280,000-square-foot facility estimated to produce up to two million pounds of leafy greens to retailers in the region.