Grimmway Farms hired John Liu as its vice president of food safety. He joins the company with over 27 years of food-safety experience and a proven record as a senior food-safety leader.

In his role, Liu will be responsible for the development, oversight, implementation, and management of all facility and farming food-safety programs and compliance. He will work closely with the company's quality assurance and food-safety teams, ensuring Grimmway continues to meet the highest quality and food-safety standards.

Equitable Food Initiative's food-safety certification has been recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative. As a result, EFI now satisfies multiple retail requirements in a single audit.

The third quarter was a mixed bag for eGrocery sales.

While September sales slipped 3 percent (to $7.8 billion), the quarter finished up 4 percent (to $24.1 billion) vs. last year, according to the monthly Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey. The increase was driven by significant gains in delivery and to a lesser degree pickup.

California table grape growers are offering three types of scholarships to graduating high school seniors from the table grape growing regions of California.

Pace International, a provider of sustainable postharvest solutions and technologies for the fresh produce industry, will be exhibiting at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show this month in Orlando, FL, in the Chilean Fresh Fruit Pavilion.

The International Fresh Produce Association announced DNO Produce as the 2022 Industry Advocate of the Year Award recipient.  The award was given at The Washington Conference and was featured in the breakfast general session. It recognizes one IFPA member company each year that serves as an advocate for the entire produce industry.