Per Bank has been named the next president and CEO of Loblaws. He will formally join the company by Q1 2024. The appointment follows a global talent search initiated in August 2022 in anticipation of Robert Sawyer’s planned retirement as Loblaw’s chief operating officer at the end of 2023.

Oppy established a new dedicated collaboration with Food Forward, one of the nation’s largest independent urban produce reclamation and upcycling organizations. Food Forward successfully upcycles healthy fresh produce to food insecure communities, mitigating food waste through their partnerships with produce donors across the country as Southern California’s largest independent produce reclamation and urban gleaning organization.

Ecstatic was the word used by Eduardo Garcia Chamorro, creative marketing director of Freshcourt, to describe business during the first quarter of 2023.

“The world is changing now, and we are here for it,” he said. “A new study by Nielsen showed the top five items in deli are all avocado products, and we are excited to be part of this growth. All age groups are consuming more avocados.”

This past winter has complicated trying to put together the normal timing of crop items for promotions. It’s been storm after storm and low temperatures on a regular basis that have challenged produce directors all winter. But the weather has turned around and sunnier warmer days finally arrived helping the crop growth into production.

Peak of the Market Ltd. (Peak), with locations in Winnipeg, and Calgary, is an inclusive and diverse company driven by a dedicated group of growers and team members that has marketed quality produce for more than 80 years, supplying a wide variety of fresh, quality vegetables across Canada and throughout the United States.

When it comes to produce packaging, Kurt Zuhlke & Associates Inc., is a renowned leader in the field. That will make the company’s booth, No. 1212 a must-visit destination for attendees of the 2023 Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s Convention and Trade Show.

“We’re going to have our entire line of product,” said Kurt Zuhlke, president of the Easton, PA-based company. “We’re just demonstrating it to people who want to have a really good-looking package for their produce.”