Mike Kindy has joined Dollar Tree Inc. as chief supply chain officer. Kindy has more than 34 years of management experience in retail logistics and operating distribution centers.

Tozer offer a wide range of high-quality celery varieties for the primary growing season. Tozer has been at the forefront of celery varietal development since it established the world's first commercial F1 hybrid celery variety.

Kenneth Crossman, who had a long career in produce with A&P, The Potato Board, Sun World and Procacci Bros., died April 10 surrounded by family. He was 94.

Born in Toledo, OH, Mr. Crossman was raised in the Auburndale neighborhood of the city, graduating from DeVilbiss High School in 1946. He was the only child of the late Harold & Alice (Hipple) Crossman.

California cantaloupe farmers are overjoyed with the amount of rainfall received this winter and for the welcome relief to severe drought conditions that have impacted growing areas for the past several years.

Although rainfall was heavy throughout the winter, cantaloupe-producing districts have not experienced flooding that has impacted other parts of the state. Additionally, California cantaloupe fields had not yet been planted at the time of the state’s heaviest rainfall.

A new report examining where and how shoppers choose to buy groceries online found that while the overall base of average monthly users in the U.S. has increased by nearly 3 percent, the online penetration of supermarkets declined by 2 percent in 2022 compared to 2021 levels.