Braga Fresh, based in Soledad, CA, announced the promotions of two of its team members.

C&S Wholesale Grocers has entered into an agreement in which it will acquire substantially all of Associated Wholesalers Inc.'s assets, including its White Rose distribution business. Under terms of the agreement, C&S will serve as the "stalking horse bidder" in a court-supervised auction process. Accordingly, the agreement is subject to higher and otherwise better offers, among other conditions.

The merger agreement Chiquita Brands International Inc. had announced with Dublin, Ireland-based Fyffes plc is once again at risk. Fyffes has granted Chiquita a waiver permitting it to engage in discussions with the Cutrale Group and the Safra Group, a pair of Brazilian companies that submitted an Aug. 11 buyout proposal.  

Claude Allen Moldenhauer, a 38-year veteran of the Kroger Co. who rose to vice president of produce and floral before retiring in 1999, died Sept. 6. He was 76.

WASHINGTON — United Fresh Produce Association Chief Executive Tom Stenzel said a new poll that shows parents overwhelmingly support new school meal standards that require more fruits and vegetables shows it's not time to roll back the standards in the nation's schools.

Some 500 produce representatives are in Washington, DC, this week for the group's annual Washington Conference, and school nutrition standards are on the agenda during a session, "Why fighting for Healthier School Meals is So Important."

RedLine Solutions, a leader in produce traceability and inventory solutions, introduced RedLine Transporter, a data integration tool intended to eliminate the data silos common in many produce industry applications.

“RedLine Transporter solves a common customer complaint: Data from the assorted applications used is consistently stuck in a 'data silo,'" Todd Baggett, chief executive officer of RedLine Solutions, said in a press release. "The data gathered isn’t easily shared from one application to the next and, more important, isn’t easily transported from supplier to vendor."