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Dole Fresh Vegetables recalls salads processed at Springfield, OH and Soledad, CA facilities
January 07, 2022 MONTEREY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. BB #:114768 is voluntarily recalling from the market all Dole-branded and...
What to expect from IFPA
As we start 2022, the produce industry enters a new era as one association represents our broader interests. It was...
The egg carton life hack
I don’t like using trendy terms. I’m afraid that it will make me sound more hip than I really am....
GMO is out, bioengineering is in
Many things are going out with the old year. Here is one: the term “GMO,” for “genetically modified organism.” The...
Top 5 Food Trends for 2022
I spend a lot of time scouring the food predictions every year, testing the waters on what other industry observers...
ProduceIQ: Prices rise for New Year celebrations
Produce markets ended 2021 with a bang. Despite facing headwinds in the form of spiking Covid-19 cases and extremely high...
How to keep your cow from dropping dead
The riffs on this joke are endless: TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull....
The Fresh Market: Me versus the American public
I am starting to come across as a retail curmudgeon. I don’t care for Aldi. I didn’t like Amazon Fresh....
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – December 30, 2021
For the final Week in Review for 2021, Pamela again checks in from Europe, this time from Southern Germany. After...
Meet consumers where they are
Consumers have spent a lot of time preparing their own meals over the past year and a half, and the...
New safety concerns for bagged salads
“Mr. Dole, Mr. Fresh Express, I might suggest a good lawyer.” That’s the advice of Bill Marler, probably the nation’s...
Dole’s suspended salad plants to cost $15-25MM
December 24, 2021 DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE) — Dole Fresh Vegetables BB #:114768 announced on 22 December 2021 a product recall for...
ProduceIQ: Grinch steals Christmas from unsuspecting produce categories
Finally, the December holiday pull is towing fresh produce prices out of the Thanksgiving rut. High-end produce categories including grapes,...
Love it, like it or hate it, growers use H-2A program
Is the H-2A program popular? That depends on whether you are talking about affection or use. The federal H-2A program...
Global mushroom market projected for strong growth through 2025
NEW YORK, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The global mushroom market is set to grow by $18.78 billion between 2020...
GRAPHIC: Plum tomato volume rises on strong demand
Tomato sales have been strong the past several years, and the plum variety leads the way. Annual volume has grown...
Retail Reflections: The Value of Consistency
One of the many highlights of my professional career has been interacting with the founders, CEOs, presidents, and senior management...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – December 23, 2021
Pamela is so dedicated to Week in Review that she appears from a Christmas market in France to discuss her...
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