The industry witnessed more sweet corn shipping records broken in the Sunshine State this spring. As most of the country experienced one of the coldest springs on record, Florida’s spring deal saw a sluggish start capped off by another record May, with consecutive week totals that exceeded 1.6 million crates shipped.

Safeway Inc. has entered into a settlement for the class action lawsuit filed last month on behalf of Safeway stockholders. The settlement involves adjustments to the sale period and shareholder compensation for Casa Ley (a Mexico-based retailer) and PDC (Safeway's real estate division).

Duda Farm Fresh Foods currently has nationwide availability and promotable volumes for a large variety of items in the summer citrus category.

Salinas, CA-based Mann Packing announced the hire of Jeff Freeman as vice president of retail sales on June 3.

Sundale Vineyards in Tulare, CA, has recently completed the installation of a 1.13-megawatt solar photovoltaic power generating system that will supply power to the company’s cold storage facility.

The installation “will power the entire cold storage for the season,” said Sean Stockton, president of Sundale Sales, the company’s marketing arm. “We cleared out eight acres” to put in the installation, which is located directly south of the cold storage facility and packing plant.

HAMMONTON, NJ — The 2014 New Jersey blueberry season should start “a little later than last year,” according to Art Galletta, president of Atlantic Blueberry Co., based in the southern New Jersey community that is known as “The Blueberry Capital of the World.”

The season “looks to start around June 18” and “should quickly ramp up,” Galletta told The Produce News Wednesday, May 28.

Volume statewide last year was “pretty good,” he said, coming in around 65 million pounds.