The Save Mart Cos. appointment industry veteran Bob Miller to its board of directors, a move it described as signaling its commitment to growth.

The National Mango Board wants you to smoothie out your routine with mango! There’s no time like the present to get going on sustainable routines and there is no fruit like mango to help you do it! Available year-round, the versatile mango is the perfect addition to your meal plans no matter your goals.

If there’s one month to make sweet potatoes your Valentine, it’s February. Country Sweet Produce’s Bako Sweet is celebrating American Heart Month, National Sweet Potato Month, Valentine’s Day and Cook a Sweet Potato Day this month with several marketing efforts to drive sales during this season. 

North Bay Produce, a Traverse City, MI-based cooperative of growers, is offering a versatile varietal mix and large sizes in its 2023 portfolio of Michigan apples. Ken Korson, sales and apple category manager at North Bay, raved about this year’s crop. “It is possibly the largest crop Michigan has ever had,” he said. 

Korson noted an ideal pre-harvest climate positioned Michigan apples for this year’s historic run. “The spring and summer weather came with timely rains, which helped produce larger fruit sizes,” he said. 

The Global Organic Produce Expo took place Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in Hollywood, FL. The event returned to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel Casino in south Florida for a second year. The theme for this year's iteration, Reaching the Conscious Consumer, aimed to inspire every aspect of the event from keynote presentations and educational sessions to networking events and the bustling exhibit hall.

Jim Matiasevich, co-founder and president of Fullerton, CA’s Veg-Land Sales Inc. and its subsidiaries, died Jan. 28 due to complication from pneumonia. He was 76.