BK Trucking has been in business for more than four decades, the majority of business transporting bananas out of the Port of Wilmington. Its two biggest customers are Dole and Chiquita.

Working in Newfield, NJ, the operations are five minutes from the Vineland Cooperative Produce Auction. BK Trucking hauls Jersey Fresh produce as well as Chilean imported fruit. The company also hauls for other industries, including flatbed loads of steel, sod and grocery items.

This year, the company has seen consistent business thanks to its mainstay — the banana business.

Atlanta is known for a large, successful produce scene thanks to a group of dedicated companies and growers that have been working in the area for decades.

In fact, the city has been branded the “King of the Southeast” by many in the industry due to its hotbed of activity for those working in the produce industry.

Your Christmas holiday merchandising program is probably already in place. The program likely includes the usual items such as yams, broccoli, mushrooms, grapes, celery, russet potatoes and other festive favorites.

Every supermarket in town will be promoting the same items using the same merchandising methods as always. Tradition usually dictates the item and manner in which it is programmed. However, that may not be as simple as it has been in the past. Elevated costs along with far-reaching profit budgets are overpowering and, in many situations, far-flung to achieve.

Save A Lot has named interim CEO Fred Boehler to a permanent role as CEO. Boehler has been serving as interim CEO since Oct. 31, following the departure of former CEO Leon Bergmann.

Nickey Gregory Co., a full line produce distributor that provides overnight deliveries throughout the Southeast, has long been a major player in Georgia’s produce scene, operating out of the Atlanta State Farmer’s Market.

Officials at Maine Farmers Exchange simply want their customers to talk about what they offer and the job they do. That word-of-mouth advertising should be enough to keep the Presque Isle, ME-based wholesaler humming along quite well for a very long time.

Established in 1958 by Lawrence Thibodeau or Tib, the exchange has developed a sterling reputation in the industry by offering its customers a consistent supply of potatoes for use as seed, eating or processing.