Infinite Herbs is opening a new warehouse in Chicago as part of its 20th anniversary celebration. This significant expansion will support the company's growing footprint in the Midwest region and reinforce its commitment to providing high-quality products to retailers, wholesalers and foodservice companies.

For many years officials at Nardelli Bros. used its Fresher by Miles slogan to make sure that people in the eastern half of the nation knew they were getting produce from their New Jersey farms much faster than they would from California, other West Coast operations and imports.

With many years of produce expertise and experience, the Catania Worldwide team likes to focus in on select opportunities to expand the company’s reach.

How does your organic produce section measure up with your competition in the way of item variety, location and size?

A produce director called me recently and asked what the latest trends were in the organic produce sector. I told him it was expansion, but some of my observations of produce departments revealed a potpourri of various sizes.

Tops Friendly Markets successfully completed the transition of five stores it acquired from Supermarket Management Inc., a longstanding franchise partner. These stores, now operating under the Tops Friendly Markets LLC banner, include four full-service Tops locations along with a Tops Xpress store.

The new Tops stores will keep their existing management teams, continue to employ all 585 associates across the five locations and maintain all their current in-store operations, including pharmacy services.

In the realm of greenhouse agriculture, where the delicate balance of plant care meets the demands of market freshness, the role of technology has never been more pivotal. Picture a greenhouse bustling with activity, yet surprisingly serene, as rows of meticulously tended plants thrive under conditions finely tuned by a blend of human expertise and technological prowess.