Among the many professional services The Ruby Company brings to the fresh produce industry, the Chicago-based company is expanding its footprint and geographic reach with a new office opening in Troy, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. “We’re hoping to start servicing the regional distributors, wholesalers, and re-packers,” said Josh Wolff, Co-Partner and Director of Growth & Strategy at The Ruby Company.

Brighter Bites announced a partnership with GoodPop. Since its founding, GoodPop has been committed to helping fight against hunger in America by providing access to healthy meals for those who need it most.

GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ – For 25 years, South African citrus has played an important role in supplying U.S. consumers with high-quality citrus throughout the summer, and that milestone was celebrated July 21 at Gloucester Terminals LLC, operated by Holt Logistics, here. 

Pears have been known to be a bit of a challenging fruit for consumers to pick and purchase, but that is all about to change thanks to Crunch Pak’s new Sweet Peeled Pear Slices called Opera (O-pear-a), which will be hitting the foodservice and retail markets this fall.

Schnuck Markets Inc. and Instacart will expand their omnichannel partnership by deploying Caper Carts, Instacart’s smart carts, in select stores. Caper Carts automatically identify items as they are added to the cart using computer vision and artificial intelligence, allowing customers to bag as they shop, skip the line and seamlessly checkout on the Cart from anywhere in the store. Caper Carts will first roll out at select Schnucks St. Louis stores this fall, with a broader planned rollout later this year following successful initial deployments.

Top Brass is a fourth-generation family farm that started out with just an immigrant’s dream. Ted Vignolo created this empire and his children’s children continue to watch the business flourish.

Grapes have long been a lifeline for Top Brass, with the farm having started growing its initial 40 acres of table grapes in the San Joaquin Valley in 1962 and increasing production almost yearly over the last six decades.