Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and Gatik announced a multi-year partnership to deploy a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles in Toronto. Beginning January 2021, Gatik will provide Loblaw with a safe, reliable, contactless delivery solution for transporting multi-temperature goods from its automated picking facility to retail locations across the Greater Toronto Area. This deployment marks the first autonomous delivery fleet in Canada.

In late 2019, CMI Orchards launched a digital marketing strategy designed to directly target apple consumers and drive retail sales.  In the most recent campaign, the participating retailer’s apple category sales dollars grew 14.8 percent over the previous year, with KIKU and Kanzi apples sales showing a 28 percent growth during the p

Ready-to-eat beet brand Love Beets USA celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month.  With a robust product line, notable distribution, and beloved branding, it took what was formerly thought of as a polarizing vegetable and created delicious, modern, and versatile offerings that revitalized how Americans view beets.

Back in March, as the COVID-19 virus began to make its tremendous impact on the world and the way people live, there were a lot of unknowns in the produce business. But as it turned out, the retail side of things has been strong because people have been cooking more at home. That has been key to the success John Cerasuolo Co., Inc. has seen in 2020.

Five of the Ontario produce industry’s hardworking individuals were honored on Thursday night at the Ontario Produce Marketing Association’s Virtual Awards Ceremony. The OPMA awards are presented to individuals or organizations whose efforts have made a significant impact on the Ontario produce industry. Though things might have looked a little different this year, hundreds of guests tuned in from the comfort and safety of their homes to celebrate the industry’s resilience in what was a trying and difficult year for many.

Nature Fresh Farms is proud to announce that its President and Founder, Peter Quiring, is the recipient of the OPMA’s Cory Clack-Streef Produce Person of the Year Award.

According to OPMA’s website the award is given to an individual that has demonstrated on a regular basis for the last year, untiring efforts to improve the quality, distribution or consumption of fruits and vegetables marketed within or outside the province of Ontario through innovation, cooperation and hard work.