Feeding a nation is never easy. Our country’s food industry continues to face a challenging macroeconomic situation. Approximately 80 percent of both retailers and suppliers anticipate that trade policies and tariffs will continue to impact pricing and disrupt supply chains. Additionally, most expect operating costs to remain elevated. This — and much more — was revealed in FMI - The Food Industry Association’s signature research, The Food Retailing Industry Speaks 2025.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and for failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators of the businesses from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.

The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry:

Fresh Solutions Network will feature its A Cut Above potato line along with whole potatoes and onions at booth No. 403 at the upcoming International Fresh Produce Association Foodservice Conference. More than 2,000 attendees from across the supply chain will be in attendance. FSN is also participating in the Buyer Sourcing Meetings on July 31 — a members-only, speed-dating-style event that allows foodservice suppliers to meet face-to-face with operators and distributors. 

Duda Farm Fresh Foods has hired Roger Moncada as director of sales – West and Steve Bindas as director of outside sales. These appointments come at a pivotal moment for Duda as it approaches its centennial in 2026 and builds toward its next 100 years.

Generous Brands, a Butterfly portfolio company and a leader in premium refrigerated beverages offering the Bolthouse Farms, Evolution Fresh and SAMBAZON brands, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Health-Ade, a fast-growing leader and innovator in kombucha tea beverages, from private equity firms First Bev and Manna Tree Partners, who will also continue on as minority shareholders in Generous Brands.