Sev-Rend, a manufacturer of sustainable and high-performance packaging solutions for the produce industry, is meeting retailer-driven sustainable packaging guidelines for 2025. Dedicated to fulfilling the needs and demands of today’s consumer through innovation, Sev-Rend will be exhibiting at IFPA’s Global Produce & Floral Show in booth 3517.

The Kroger Co. launched Kroger Mercado, a Hispanic-inspired brand joining the retailer's Our Brands' roster of products exclusively sold at Kroger Family of Stores. Kroger Mercado's expansive assortment now offers more than 50 products.

For more than 50 years, O.C. Schulz & Sons has been meeting the needs of customers, growing, packing and shipping potatoes in the Red River Valley.

Operating out of Crystal, ND, the company specializes in red and yellow potatoes and utilizes sugar beets, wheat and soybeans for rotational purposes. Currently, it has 1,400 acres of potatoes, with 70 percent reds and 30 percent yellows.

In these inflationary times, consumers are constantly looking for good deals. However, the best way to draw shoppers into the store appears to be the same way it has long been — quality fresh food. At least according to a recent Deloitte survey, Fresh Food at the Intersection of Trust and Transparency.

For more than four decades, NoKota Packers, Inc., has been offering high quality service to the potato industry, storing, washing and packaging table stock potatoes for resale throughout the country.

“The Red River Valley is our home. We take pride in being able to work with growers from the best potato growing area around,” said Carissa Olsen, president and CEO of the Buxton, ND-based company. “Our livelihood is potatoes, being able to be a part of this category is imperative to our existence.”