Wakefern Food Corp. welcomed a new chairman and president during the company’s annual meeting Oct. 19, when shareholders, store leadership teams and staff joined together for the event at the Hanover Marriott Hotel in Whippany, NJ.

Uniting forces at the beginning of 2022 to form a robust avocado solution, Oppy, Avoworks and Eco Farms announced a groundbreaking compostable avocado pack.

Wonderful, the worldwide leader of California-grown pomegranates and No. 1 pomegranate juice in North America, announced its liquid pomegranate extract, POMxL, has become Upcycled Certified. The world’s first third-party certification program for upcycled food ingredients and products, receiving Upcycled Certification reinforces POM Wonderful’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and continuous product innovation.

Halloween is always a popular holiday across the U.S., with people flocking to stores to purchase their costumes, candy and decorations. That’s why this spooky holiday is a perfect opportunity to enchant customers with spellbinding arrangements — and maximize profits! Rio Roses provide five effective marketing strategies to increase the demand for flowers during this festive time of year.

The inspiration platform What’s b(l)ooming today from Royal Van Zanten has been extended to include a poster generator for garden centres and retail. Via the inspiration pages, these retail outlets can create their own plant posters for in their store or for on the trolleys.

Brighter Bites announced another year of partnership with Zespri Kiwifruit as a key partner for the current 2023-24 school year. This partnership will have impact on all 11 programming cities this year.