SpartanNash recently recognized its outstanding independent grocery customers' achievements during its 2023 Food Solutions Expo. The company honored 13 independent grocers with a 2023 Vision Award for year-over-year sales growth, growth in SpartanNash's OwnBrands products and community engagement initiatives.

David Oppenheimer & Co. is voluntarily recalling from the market one-pound clamshells of organic green kiwifruit because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The recalled organic green kiwifruit is grown in New Zealand, exported to North America and repacked locally for sale in one-pound clear plastic clamshells bearing the Zespri brand and UPC code 8 18849 02009 3, containing fruit stickered with the GTIN bar code 9400 9552.

NFL star Davante Adams announced his support for Project FoodBox, an organization that sources, packages and distributes boxes of fresh produce directly from farmers to communities in need. The wide receiver will promote the Project Food Box mission to promote access to fresh, nutritious produce in vulnerable populations.

U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Office of Field Operations at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted $4.36 million of alleged methamphetamine concealed within a shipment of mixed vegetables on Aug. 4.   

Insights from Allyson Felix, the most decorated American track and field Olympian, entrepreneur and founder of Saysh, will bolster the produce and floral industries’ support for women as part of IFPA’s women’s portfolio and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts. Speaking at the Women’s Fresh Perspectives Breakfast, Saturday, Oct. 21, she is one of The Global Produce & Floral Show keynote speakers.