While many holiday celebrations will look different this year, Meijer continued its Very Merry Meijer tradition of surprising a customer in each of its supercenters and stores across the Midwest with a $1,000 Meijer shopping spree. Given the difficulties of this year, the retailer decided to expand its tradition to surprise 1,300 additional customers with $100 gift cards.

Onion movement has been good throughout the season for Haun Packing in Weiser, ID, with General Manager Herb Haun describing the demand from foodservice as a “pleasant surprise” in the wake of COVID-19.

Haun told The Produce News during the week before Thanksgiving that his operation had been busy as the holidays approached.

Kwik Lok released its 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, which outlines the company’s commitments and quantifiable results to unlock opportunity, improve well-being, protect resources and foster innovation.

Wish Farms, is adding acreage to its Florida strawberry farm operation.

Founded in 1987, G&D Farms is named as a tribute to the original founders of the company, Gershon and Daniel. Before the land addition, it was already widely considered to be the largest contiguous strawberry farm in the world.

Village Farms introduced its newest exclusive tomato variety, Sensational Sara. The novel tomato variety has a stunning deep red color inside and out with flavor best described as a perfect natural balance of sugar to acid ratio.  It’s bigger than a cocktail but smaller than a TOV with a super-hero sturdy vibrant green vine.  Village Farms vaunts that one could think of her as the love child of its Delectable TOV and Sinfully Sweet Campari varieties.

Founded as Tony Palumbo Mushroom & Trucking in 2010, Palumbo Foods has grown from a one-man operation to a major player in the mushroom industry.

The dream started when founder Tony Palumbo was young and heavily involved with his father’s mushroom-growing business. After years running their successful farm, Tony’s father sold the company and opted for an early retirement. Tony took his knowledge and love for growing mushrooms and turned it into a career, eventually starting his own business.