MONTEREY, CA -- Rosalyn (Roz) Mallet, chair of the National Restaurant Association and chief executive officer of PhaseNext Hospitality in Plano, TX, joined Produce Marketing Association President and Chief Executive Officer Bryan Silbermann July 21 at the opening session of the PMA Foodservice Conference, here, to talk about the commonalities between the two organizations' objectives as they work to increase produce consumption in the foodservice sector.

Stemilt Growers presented Washington Apple Education Foundation with a check for $12,000, which was raised during the fourth annual Thomas K. Mathison Memorial Golf Tournament, which was held May 17 in Wenatchee, WA.

WAEF is the charitable organization for the Washington tree fruit industry, which oversees more than 150 scholarships each year, including the Thomas K. Mathison Memorial scholarship.

Several weeks ago, Supervalu announced its poor fiscal first quarter results along with a number of cost-cutting and revenue-making measures in an effort to soften the economic blow on Wall Street. But neither Wall Street nor the business community were surprised by the poor performance of the nation’s third-largest grocery store company.

FRESNO, CA — As part of its promotional support programs for retailers this year, the California Table Grape Commission, here, is offering tagged radio ads, magazine ads and online banner ads to retailers who meet some basic performance criteria.

“We have a volume-based promotion agreement with retailers, to increase their volume over the previous year,” said Cindy Plummer, vice president of domestic marketing for the commission. “That goes to mid-January [2013] this year.”

Jay Pack of the Pack Group with Wyatt Meiggs of FoodSource.

When Mastronardi Produce Ltd. developed its Sunset Kidz program, it was all too aware that one problem would have to be overcome for the line to be successful.

“One of the biggest challenges in getting kids to eat their fruits and veggies is the taste,” Chris Veillon, director of marketing, told The Produce News.