John J. Jerue, founder of the leading logistics company bearing his name, died at home last week just shy of his 95th birthday. Mr. Jerue built a network of sales offices throughout the United States and Canada generating over $350 million in annual revenues withsubsidiaries and affiliate companies, including John J. Jerue Read More ...

Fruit World Co., a family-owned, flavor-focused grower-shipper of organic and conventional fruit and one of the largest California growers of organic Thomcord grapes, expects to begin shipping this popular variety the first week of August in new high-graphic two-pound recyclable paper totes. Known for being especially Read More ...

Church Bros. Farms is a vertically integrated family-owned and operated company that produces a full line of fresh vegetables year-round with an in-house farming/harvest program and state-of-the-art processing plant, True Leaf Farms. “We were seeing strong growth prior to COVID-19 and were planning for that to accelerate in the Read More ...

As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and Read More ...

Raley’s announced that it will provide an appreciation award to every hourly store, distribution center, pharmacy, production bakery and support center team member. The reward amount will be $500 for full-time team members and $250 for part-time team members. “We are grateful for our team members and pleased to be able to Read More ...

The month of July had many different factors that led to a drop in the f.o.b. price for avocados, but experts are expecting favorable conditions over the next few months that should lead to a stronger market. Mexico’s 2019-20 crop was heading to the finish line at the end of July. Peru’s volume will sharply decline by Read More ...