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Colorado Retailer Posts $100,000 Cash Surety Bond to Obtain PACA License

USDA/AMS Press Release: Mi Pueblo Latin Market Inc., operating out of Colorado, has posted a $100,000 cash surety bond with...

8 years ago 2 minute read

Albertsons Companies Appoints Jonathan Mayes as SVP of External Affairs & Chief Diversity Officer

Company Press Release Albertsons Companies today announced the appointment of Jonathan Mayes as Senior Vice President, External Affairs & Chief...

8 years ago 4 minute read

Opportunity and The Three Cs

Three emerging markets in Central and South America allow companies in the United States and Canada to source key commodities...

8 years ago 3 minute read

Limoneira Company Announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Results

For the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, revenue increased 12% to $28.1 million, compared to revenue of $25.0 million...

8 years ago 1 minute read

Village Super Market, Inc. Reports Results for the Second Quarter Ended January 28, 2017

Sales were $412,215 in the second quarter of fiscal 2017, a decrease of 1.9% compared the second quarter of the...

8 years ago 1 minute read

Mixing It Up In Montreal & Quebec

Before Montreal and Quebec City became the two largest urban centers in Quebec, these areas in the St. Lawrence River Valley...

8 years ago 3 minute read

United Natural Foods, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results

Net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2017 increased 11.6%, or $237.8 million, to $2.29 billion from $2.05 billion...

8 years ago 1 minute read

Smart & Final Stores, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Financial Results

Net sales were $1,000.6 million in the 12-week quarter ended January 1, 2017, representing a 0.3% increase as compared to...

8 years ago 1 minute read

Calavo Growers, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2017 First Quarter Results

For the three months ended January 31, 2017, net income totaled $5.2 million, or $0.30 per diluted share. First quarter...

8 years ago 1 minute read

SpartanNash Promotes Pat Weslow to Senior Vice President, Distribution Sales

Company Press Release SpartanNash announced that Pat Weslow has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Distribution Sales, where he will...

8 years ago 1 minute read

Tex-Mex Trading: The Rio Grande Valley – Part III: Expansion & Challenges

Read Part I Read Part II Suppliers Expanding With more demand and more loads coming across the border, several businesses have...

8 years ago 3 minute read

USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California, Georgia, Texas and Wyoming from Operating in the Produce Industry

USDA/AMS Press Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay...

8 years ago 3 minute read

Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports Second Quarter and Year-to-Date Operating Results for Fiscal Year 2017, February Sales Results, and Plans for Membership Fee Increase

Net sales for the quarter increased six percent, to $29.13 billion from $27.57 billion last year. Net sales for the...

8 years ago 1 minute read

Kroger Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results

Total sales increased 5.5% to $27.6 billion in the fourth quarter compared to $26.2 billion for the same period last...

8 years ago 1 minute read

USDA Files Action Against Penny Tsigaris, Doing Business as Manavi Produce in New York for PACA Violations

USDA/AMS Press Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act...

8 years ago 2 minute read

DineEquity, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2016 Results

GAAP net income available to common stockholders was $96.6 million for fiscal 2016, or earnings per diluted share of $5.33....

8 years ago 1 minute read

Publix Announces Fourth Quarter and Annual Results for 2016

Net earnings for the fourth quarter of 2016 were $544.5 million, compared to $521.1 million in 2015, an increase of...

8 years ago 1 minute read

USDA Cites American Fruit and Produce Corporation in Florida for Failure to Pay for Produce and Company Satisfies Terms of Consent Decision and Order

USDA/AMS Press Release: In a complaint filed on Dec. 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cited American Fruit...

8 years ago 2 minute read

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