Value-Added
Growers Express, which sold its fresh commodity vegetable and fresh value-added vegetable businesses to Church Brothers Farms, is moving from its longtime headquarters in Salinas, Calif., to offices in nearby Monterey.
Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. has created a North America New Product Development team to oversee development of Del Monte and Mann Packing products.
The Food and Drug Administration, which inspected a Del Monte Fresh Produce processing facility in the wake of salmonella cases linked to vegetable trays, has found no trace of salmonella.
Fresh Express has teamed up with parent company Chiquita for a new line of snacking products called Chiquita Bites and Chiquita Sticks.
Fresh-cut jicama company Xica Brands is introducing a new product, jicama noodles.
GreenGate Fresh, Salinas, Calif., is offering cartons of cilantro and parsley for foodservice operators.
Tailor Cut Produce has recalled its fresh-cut Fruit Luau, a mix of honeydew, cantaloupe and pineapple, after the Food and Drug Administration linked it to a salmonella outbreak.
After ten years and helping to protect billions of pounds of fresh-cut produce, SmartWash Solutions is celebrating its contribution to the produce industry.
Moxxy Marketing, Salinas, Calif., received an award for designs for sliced apples bags and applesauce containers for school lunches.
Increased regulations and other issues have prompted San Miguel Produce to reduce Ventura County, Calif., acreage and partner with other growers across North America to ensure a year-round supply.
Ippolito International, Salinas, Calif., has hired Jason Grolnick as sales/commodity manager and Jon Kiley as director of value added/business development.
Fox Packaging, McAllen, Texas, has hired Jasper Trujillo as business development manager.
Get Fresh Cos. of Las Vegas has completed an expansion of its processing division.
Growers Express, Salinas, Calif., has expanded a recall of vegetables after product testing resulted in another positive sample of Listeria monocytogenes.
The Postharvest Technology Center at the University of California-Davis has scheduled its 21st Annual Fresh-cut Products Workshop in September.
JBT Corp. and SmartWash Solutions have entered into a partnership to offer fresh-cut produce processors in Europe a food safety solution.
Chocolate Avocado Delight and several new salsas are on the way from Russ Davis Wholesale, Wadena, Minn., said vice president Pat Miller.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Oviedo, Fla., is expanding its Oxnard, Calif., cooling and fresh-cut facility, allowing the company to double fresh-cut celery production.
Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales, Calif., is introducing green bean and Brussels sprouts saute kits under its Green Wave Farms fresh-cut line at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo.
Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based Renaissance Food Group will feature new Chef Veggie Starters at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Oct. 18-19 in Anaheim, Calif.
San Miguel Produce Inc., Oxnard Calif., has hired Jennifer Osborne as director of sales.
Fresh-cut processor and distributor Russ Davis Wholesale has recalled 14 products in connection with the Mann Packing recall due to potential listeria contamination.
Plant-based dips company Good Foods, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., has hired Malin Benicek as vice president of technical services.
Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., has acquired Green Giant Fresh’s value-added vegetable business from Growers Express.
Fresh Direct Produce Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, has been named one of Canada’s Best Managed companies for the ninth time.
Fresh Farms offers cucumbers, soft squash and cantaloupes. Fresh Farms is adding new items every week.
Bill Kelley, the group vice president of produce commissary for Hy-Vee, is retiring after four decades with the company.
Mann Packing Co., Inc. is excited to today announce the addition of three new products – MANN™ Veggie Sides, Steakhouse Style and Better Pasta.
Part two of The Packer’s editor Tom Karst and the North Carolina SweetPotato Commission’s Michelle Grainger.
Mann Packing Co. Inc. has opened a 130,000-square-foot fresh-cut facility in Gonzales, Calif.