Procacci Bros., with four units at the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market, is one of the leading wholesalers in the Northeast. The company also runs a warehouse in South Philadelphia and a farming operation in South Jersey.

The company provides a full line of produce, including back-of-the-line items like salads and dressings, as well as floral, organic and specialty items.

Business is off to a great start in 2023 with Rick Feighery, vice president of Procacci Bros., noting the company can always take on more.

Natural Grocers plans to close two stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on June 27. The two north Texas stores will begin store-wide closing sales on May 15, with discounts of 25 percent off everything.

The company said it is working closely with each of its employees impacted by these closures to identify transfer opportunities to other stores. All other impacted staff will be offered a transition package, including severance and benefits.

Produce in Philadelphia is big business.

So big, in fact, that the City of Brotherly Love is home to the world’s largest fully-enclosed, fully-refrigerated wholesale produce terminal — the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market.

At 686,000 square feet, the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market offers cold-chain protection for fruits and vegetables, and its merchants carry a full line of produce in support of the local foodservice industry and grocery business.

April showers may bring May flowers but this spring, Pure Flavor is focused on sharing the power of greenhouse growing year-round in the brands quarterly Live Deliciously eMagazine. This marks the 10th edition of the award-winning series, which in this edition, titled The Power of a Greenhouse, explores how the brand's advanced greenhouse tech enables it to grow fruits and vegetables consistently year-round, regardless of weather conditions and location.

Over the last four decades, California Giant Berry Farms has established itself as a name synonymous with quality. Originally founded in 1983 by Bill Moncovich, Pat Riordan, Frank Saveria and Red Bryant, California Giant Berry Farms started small. The quartet joined forces with a simple mission in mind: provide the best quality strawberries and give back to their community.

Lipman Family Farms presented a check for $3 million to the Redlands Christian Migrant Association’s Immokalee Community Academy. The donation represents the single largest one-time private gift made to RCMA in its 47-year history.