Driscoll's, a leading distributor of fresh berries, announced changes in its organization to further advance its global business strategy.

Allegiance Retail Services LLC will be opening six new Foodtown locations, bringing the total number of Allegiance stores up to 84. The six new units will be operated by the Ferreira and Mujalli families.

KANSAS CITY, MO — Liberty Fruit Co, based in Kansas City, KS, raised more than $510,000 for Children's Mercy Hospital and other Kansas City-area charities at its 14th annual golf tournament, held Sept. 16 at the Tiffany Greens Golf Club, here. With this year’s tournament, the total raised stands at more than $2.3 million.

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Malcolm Stuart Tweten, 88, of Fargo, died peacefully Saturday, Sept. 14. His loving wife of 62 years, June, was by his side at the time.

The first of six USA Onion Grill-Off competitions coinciding with Boise State 2013 home games was a resounding victory on Sept. 7 for both the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee and for the BSU Broncos, who cleaned the clock of University of Tennessee at Martin Skyhawks in a 63-14 blowout.

Grab’n’go packaging to be offered by Rainier Fruit Co. this season is expected to drive additional apple sales at retail. “We installed new mesh bagging equipment this summer which — in addition to our current mesh header bag — gives us the option to pack a wrap-around mesh pouch bag,” said Director of Marketing Suzanne Wolter.