Retailers and industry professionals can experience Zespri’s playfully unexpected, bold and real personality when they stop by Zespri’s booth No. B4052, now entering its seventh year as an exhibitor and sponsor, during the IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show. Not only will attendees meet with regional and global colleagues, but they can hop into Zespri’s photobooth to capture the moment and make memories with the famous KiwiBrothers characters.

Industry veteran Michael Papaleo has retired from C&S Wholesale Grocers. The now former executive vice president and chief procurement officer will continue to support the company as a strategic advisor through the coming year.

Mark McGowan, executive vice president, retail and chief merchandising officer, will lead C&S’s merchandising organization. Andrew Connell, senior vice president, procurement, will now lead all procurement, demand planning and inbound planning.

Naturipe Farms is expanding strawberry-growing operations into Florida, with hundreds of acres of strawberry fields in central Florida primed to produce delicious, juicy strawberries.

Attendees of the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show will have an added incentive to stop by the North Bay Produce booth on the expo floor.

Officials at the New Jersey Department of Agriculture have a lot to talk about at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral show. With its signature Jersey Fresh brand celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, officials at the NJDA want to rejoice in the program’s success and let more and more people know about the many crops grown in the state that is home to nearly 9,900 farms and about 750,000 acres of farmland.

There was a lot to celebrate in September. It has International Literacy Day and International Day of Peace. For those who took up bread baking during COVID-19, it’s also Sourdough September. It’s even my birthday.

 At IFPA and The Foundation of Fresh Produce, however, we’re naturally focused on National Fruits and Veggies Month.