Giorgio Fresh Co. is pleased by the strong mushroom market and foresees continuing growth in the future.

“Mushroom Council data show that mushroom sales are very strong,” said Bill Litvin, regional sales and national account manager for Giorgio Fresh in Temple, PA. “We think the continued growth of the mushroom category has several key contributing factors. They include more media exposure to the use of mushrooms, education about the health benefits that mushrooms offer, that mushrooms are an affordable produce option and because consumers are using more fresh produce items.”

Ronnie Cohen, vice president of sales for Vision Import Group LLC, in River Edge, NJ, said that the company continues to promote its primary products, including limes, lemons, mangos, pineapples and clementines.

“We launched a new item this year,” said Mr. Cohen. “It’s a two-pound bagged lime item in a modified-atmosphere package with the ‘Mojito’ label. Along with our main items, we will be featuring the new package at our booth, number 1005, at the New York Produce Show & Conference.”

Megan McKenna

Megan McKenna will be promoted to director of marketing at the National Mango Board, based in Orlando, FL, effective Jan.

Pacific AgPak Inc. in Watsonville, CA, which specializes in clear plastic clamshells and other plastic consumer packaging for berries and other produce commodities, has recently released a new strawberry clamshell which it calls the Freight Buster clam.