Joe Caldwell, vice president of Monterey Mushrooms, headquartered in Watsonville, CA, said the company has seen great consumer response from the national expansion of its sustainable packaging with enhanced consumer messaging.

“This package has been successful beyond the Monterey brand as many private label retailers have also chosen to reach out to their consumers with it,” said Caldwell. “Monterey’s sustainable packaging not only provides earth friendly solutions for consumers that value the natural wholeness of the product and the package, but that also educates the consumer.”

Superior Sales of Hudsonville, MI, has been around since 1918, but the company has no intention of sitting on its laurels. With operations in six states, Superior is a year-round supplier of premium fruits and vegetables with an eye on the future.

Superior has offices in Hudsonville and Ann Arbor, MI, Salinas and Kingsburg, CA, Walla Walla, WA, San Antonio, TX, Nogales, AZ, and now Atlanta and Norman Park, GA.

Mastronardi Produce, a leading greenhouse vegetable producer based in Kingsville, ON, has broken ground on phase II of the expansion of its greenhouse facility in Coldwater, MI. Upon completion, the expansion will double its current size to 60 acres.

Coldwater Greenhouse opened for production in 2012. This advanced greenhouse uses grow light technology to provide Michigan-grown tomatoes to Midwest consumers year-round.

Kingston Cross Dock & Cold Storage is preparing for another busy import season at its third-party cold storage facility located in Pompano Beach, FL. Strategically located along the I-95 corridor near Port Everglades, the facility is equipped to handle a wide variety of international programs and customer services including temperature-controlled storage, product consolidation, repacking, direct rail car shipments, and trucking to and from the facility.

Itaueira Farms, the Brazilian producer of the premium "REI" brand Canary melon, will introduce a new fresh-cut line of the product at the Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit International Convention & Exposition, Oct. 18-20 in New Orleans.

FoodLink, a leader in supply chain and commerce solutions for the fresh food industry, announced a series of new customers that have selected its FoodLink PTI supply chain traceability solution for fresh produce.

Retail grocers are requiring new levels information about the origin and history of the fresh food they sell. As a result, growers and shippers of fresh produce are turning to solutions such as FoodLink to simplify compliance with new industry standards for labeling and tracking products.