Fall Creek Farm & Nursery Inc., a world-leading blueberry genetics and nursery company, has acquired Berryplant, an Italy-based leader in raspberry and blackberry nursery production, and Berrytech, its dedicated breeding and intellectual property company.

The acquisition strengthens Fall Creek's genetics platform with the addition of raspberries and blackberries while maintaining its global leadership in blueberries and extending the company's ability to serve growers who operate across multiple berry categories.

Foster, a leading mid-Atlantic refrigerated supply chain company, announced the appointment of Michael Lopez as vice president of operations, effective May 25.

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. named Paul Miller its executive vice president, chief purchasing and merchandising officer, and Ian Ferry its executive vice president and chief financial officer. These executive appointments support the company’s continued efforts to restore long-term profitable growth and strengthen its operational foundation. 

Miller, a former key executive in the company’s purchasing organization, returns to lead the company’s integrated purchasing and merchandising organization, succeeding Matt Delly, who will depart the Grocery Outlet. 

As the East Coast potato harvest works its way north from Florida, Cambridge Farms anticipates the Camden-Elizabeth City, NC, potato harvest to start on time, around June 15.

Soon after, Eastern Shore harvest will begin, and Easton, MA-based Cambridge Farms is forecasting a steady crop. Despite a lack of rain, the growers Cambridge Farms partners with have their crops under irrigation, although natural precipitation provides better ground saturation.

The lettuce market remains one of the most active areas in produce, with Iceberg, Romaine, and Romaine Hearts continuing to face an unusually long stretch of elevated pricing and limited availability. What makes this market stand out is not just the severity of the shortage, but how long it has lasted with little meaningful relief so far.

Laurie Weaver of Grocery Outlet in Waynesville, NC, was recently surprised with a major prize after being randomly selected as a Grand Prize winner in the Idaho Potato Commission's 2026 Potato Lovers Month Display Contest.

Weaver's entry was among more than 2,100 submissions received from retailers across the United States during the annual promotion. As one of three randomly drawn Grand Prize winners, she received a television valued at $3,500.