In a move that will better serve its customers, Chuck Olsen Co. Inc. in Visalia, CA, has partnered with The DiMare Co. Indio as its sales agent.

Gold Coast Packing in Santa Maria, CA, will be exhibiting at the PMA Foodservice Conference & Exposition at booth number 31. Brent Scattini, vice president of sales for the company, said that on display will be the company’s five core commodities: broccoli and cauliflower florets, spinach, cilantro and parsley. It offers a wide assortment of pack sizes and formats for all its items.

Limoneira, headquartered in Santa Paula, CA, is a leading producer of lemons, avocados, oranges and other specialty crops that are enjoyed throughout the world. John Chamberlain, director of marketing, told The Produce News that the company would be featuring the company’s high-quality lemons at the Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Conference & Exposition on July 29-31 in Monterey, CA.

Sweet Clover Produce LLC has worked hard to take heavy lifting out of the onion equation for its foodservice customers. Speaking from his office in Walla Walla, WA, Sales Manager Bill Brownfield said 25-pound onion cartons have become increasingly popular. “The cartons are wider, so you don’t have any issues with people lifting them,” he told The Produce News July 6. “They like these cartons to protect the product.”

Simcha Weinstein, director of marketing for Albert’s Organics, headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA, told The Produce News that while still a relatively small portion of the company’s business, foodservice “is an area where we are currently focusing a lot of attention and seeing some of our strongest growth. We distribute our foodservice items nationwide.”

The firm is a full-service organic produce wholesale distributor that carries a complete line of fresh organic produce.

Cindy Jewell, director of marketing for California Giant Berry Farms, a d/b/a of California Giant Inc., headquartered in Watsonville, CA, said July 7 that foodservice is a small portion of its annual volume, adding “But we definitely value our foodservice business and hope to grow that volume in the future. We enjoy a strong relationship with our foodservice distributors that work with the full line of end users in foodservice.”