Food Lion executive Greg Finchum, currently executive vice president of retail operations, will assume the role of president in May 2025. The appointment comes after Meg Ham announced that she will retire from the role in May.

The fast-approaching new year is the perfect time for retailers to refresh their produce aisles and captivate shoppers with high-flavor branded organic apples poised for further record-breaking growth in 2025.

Crunch Time Apple Growers, the well-known cooperative comprised of approximately 150 growers throughout New York State, has big plans this holiday season marketing the SnapDragon and RubyFrost apples.

Fresh Express Inc. has acquired McEntire Produce Inc., a fresh-cut processor, repacker and wholesaler supplying the foodservice industry since 1938. This strategic acquisition, confirmed by John P.

Fresh organic produce remains a hot topic, as is how to present it to the public. Should it be packaged? Should it be loose? Should it be segregated? Should it be integrated? Should it be branded? Should it have special-colored stickers? Should it be priced the same as conventional?

In spite of this category’s growth, it continues befuddle.

As North Carolina sweet potato growers and shippers finish their holiday shipments, they now have to make some key decisions on how to manage inventories in a season marked by low production.

Nash Produce, a Nashville, NC-based major supplier of North Carolina sweet potatoes, is setting short- and long-term goals to reach September 2025 and still satisfy demand throughout the year, including the important weeks leading up to Easter.