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Apple harvest goes higher-tech

Apple growers graft their trees, care for them, the weather cooperates, bloom goes well in the spring, and fruit begins...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Discussing undiscuss-ables in business

Every company of any appreciable size has two organizational structures. The first is known to everyone. Well-run companies have it...

6 years ago 4 minute read

UNFI struggles with Supervalu integration

In United Natural Foods Inc.’s BB #:158953 fourth quarter report, executives said the Supervalu integration isn’t going as well as...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Apeel teams with Houweling for plastic-free cucumbers

In their zeal to cut back on plastic use, some consumers have lost sight of the importance of the controlled...

6 years ago 7 minute read

Showing the weight of lobbying

We all love the famous quote, “laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made,” attributed to...

6 years ago 3 minute read

On the Road: Stew Leonard’s, Paramus, NJ

PARAMUS, NJ—This store is bananas, and it’s not just the singing one. Here I thought Jungle Jim’s International Market in...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Love notes from Central Market

H-E-B’s Central Market BB #:106490 is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and the tributes are making me all sentimental, for a...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Del Monte sends cure for the Sad Desk Lunch

I came across these new Better Break bowls by Del Monte BB #:111187 at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Innovations...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Associations help members face problems

There’s no shortage of challenges to deal with in the produce industry—from diseases and pests to political instability and climate...

6 years ago 2 minute read

PMA, United Fresh release joint Romaine Task Force report

After the immediate crisis of last November’s outbreak related to romaine lettuce, our associations moved quickly to bring together a...

6 years ago 5 minute read

SXSW Chief Programming Officer, Hugh Forrest to Keynote BrandStormℱ 2020 

PRESS RELEASE: WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 30, 2019) – Hugh Forrest, Chief Programming Officer of SXSW (South by Southwest), will deliver a keynote during BrandStormℱ 2020, on Tuesday, February 11 in Austin, TX. Forrest will speak on the storied...

6 years ago 4 minute read

Wabi-Sabi can save aging produce

If you say the words wabi-sabi to anyone above the age of three, they’re apt to burst out laughing. But...

6 years ago 4 minute read

These fruits and vegetables are getting a boost from functional trends

More than a third of consumers are seeking foods that improve their mood, sleep, gut health, fight aging or otherwise...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Produce will always be about relationships

Is the produce industry still a relationship industry? The answer depends. Many experienced produce veterans have decried how communicating has...

6 years ago 2 minute read

U.S.-Japan trade agreement cuts tariffs on many fresh produce items

PRESS RELEASE The U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement will provide America’s farmers and ranchers enhanced market access in our third largest agricultural...

6 years ago 3 minute read

Colombian avocado exports continue to rise

Avocados continue to be one of Colombia’s flagship export products outside of the mining industry. El Dinero reports, through information...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Seven standouts at New England expo

BOSTON – Dare a produce company introduce a new product at a regional expo less than a month before the...

6 years ago 5 minute read

Food 4 Less Names Nancy Lebold as Vice President of Merchandising

Food 4 Less/Foods Co BB #:201190, a subsidiary of The Kroger Co. announced today the hire of Nancy Lebold as...

6 years ago 3 minute read

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