Value-Added
The analysis outlines the company’s response to challenges posed by climate change and how it prioritized efforts that improved soil health and supported farming partners’ transition to more regenerative practices.
“Everyone is time-starved; so to have something that’s washed, prepped and ready to cook is the key driver,” Mark Munger, Ocean Mist senior director of marketing, says of value-added produce’s significant growth.
Green Giant Fresh has a new line of meal bowls with six distinct options.
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., Coral Gables, Fla., reports its 2018 acquisition of Mann Packing Co. led to higher sales in North America for the year.
Renaissance Food Group’s senior vice president of sales, Phil Fendyan, plans to retire in April after more than 15 years with the company.
Crunch Pak, which pioneered sliced apple availability at retail and foodservice, is introducing sliced and diced fresh-cut pears.
A dozen Haggen grocery stores in Washington are recalling deli products that contained diced yellow onions from Taylor Farms.
Salinas, Calif.-based Church Brothers Farms has acquired the commodity vegetable business of Growers Express LLC, also of Salinas.
Following the granny smith and golden delicious, the Arctic Fuji apple, engineered to resist browning, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Jan Berk, chief operating officer of San Miguel Produce, Oxnard, Calif., is the honoree and featured speaker at the United Fresh Produce Association’s Women in Produce event.
Ravenna, Ohio-based Sirna & Sons Produce has finished a big expansion of their operation, including a fresh-cut produce processing facility.
FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., has hired Kate Brooks as vice president of sales-East.
The number of people with salmonella linked to fresh-cut melons shipped by Caito Foods has increased, and the Food and Drug Administration has released a list of hundreds of retail outlets that received the products.
With the recent acquisition of Hearn Kirkwood, The Coastal Cos. is now a member of Pro*Act, giving it a boost in foodservice capabilities, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic area.
Santa Maria, Calif.-based Gold Coast Packing has a new line of riced vegetable products.
Your Way*Fresh now has the capacity to bring fresh-cut fruit and vegetable products to every part of the U.S. and Canada.
Sliced apple companies Farmington Fresh Cuts, Stockton, Calif., and Fresh Innovations, Oxnard, Calif., are merging.
The Star Group is taking its greenhouse living lettuce line one step farther, cutting, washing and offering the lettuce in five new blends under the Inspired Leaves brand.
PSSI, a contract sanitation provider, has a new logo and brand messaging to promote its focus on protecting food throughout the supply chain.
Proseal, which specializes in tray sealing equipment, has a new testing system that allows fresh-cut processors to determine the optimal seal and peel strength for packaging.
Ontario, Calif.-based FiveStar Gourmet Foods is partnering with Aldi for an exclusive Cinco De Mayo promotion on their Family-sized Mexican Salad.
Taylor Farms has four new chopped salads kits — Roasted Garlic, Tangerine Crunch, Steakhouse Wedge and Salsa Ranch.
Green Giant Fresh is expanding its Veggie Bowl line with Southwest Tortilla and Korean BBQ.
Tulsa, Okla., produce and other perishables distributor GoFresh has a fresh-cut sister company whose new facility is opening.
Health officials have again increased the number of consumers who’ve contracted Cyclospora illnesses linked to recalled Del Monte vegetable trays.
Foodservice distributor What Chefs Want, Louisville, Ky., is expanding its network with the purchase of Mid/West Fresh Produce, Columbus, Ohio.
Baldor Specialty Foods, Bronx, N.Y., is expanding the Urban Roots Veggie Side Kits line.
Federal health agencies are investigating a Salmonella Carrau outbreak involving 93 people, linked to fresh-cut cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon from Caito Foods, Indianapolis.
The Food and Drug Administration is inspecting a Del Monte Fresh Produce Inc. facility after four cases of salmonellosis were linked to vegetable trays produced there.
With more than 20 years of experience in the North American supermarket industry, Mike Mauti has learned “Retail 101” firsthand.