SpartanNash turned up the flavor at its annual two-day Food Solutions Expo, bringing together nearly 2,000 grocery industry leaders to dish out trendspotting, deal-hunting and community-building. Independent retailers, suppliers and SpartanNash Associates swapped insights, shared samples and snagged hot deals at the DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids.

Spice World, which grows fresh garlic in California, shallots in the Pacific Northwest and sources the finest ginger from partner growers around the globe, is excited about bringing its products to the upcoming NEPC Produce, Floral & Food Service Expo.

Fresh off the celebration of Melon Day on Aug. 10, the Westside Produce/Classic Fruit alliance is excited to announce the launch of the JA17 Allen Family Farms melon label, a special project they have been working on with the Allen family.

For the first time the Australian-bred Soluna apple variety will be available to U.S. consumers, bringing a new level of quality, taste and innovation to American shelves.

Mission Produce Inc. announced that Juan Wiesner, Mission’s president of Central and South America, will retire from the company effective Nov. 1, following 14 years of dedicated leadership. As part of the company’s strategic succession plan, Simón González, a 13-year Mission veteran, will be promoted to senior vice president, international farming, upon Wiesner’s retirement.

Syngenta Vegetable Seeds will officially launch its new Romaine campaign, For Every Season. Every Field, at the highly anticipated Future of Veg Field Day in Salinas on Aug. 12 and 13. The event will spotlight Syngenta’s comprehensive Romaine portfolio, developed to deliver reliability, flexibility and market-ready performance for growers facing increasing complexity in the field.