Giant Eagle investing $100M in growth
Giant Eagle Inc. launched its Because It Matters business strategy, which will guide the company's plan for growth in the coming years. The new strategy marks the latest in a series of historic organizational milestones over the past 12 months, highlighted by the sale of Giant Eagle's GetGo business and the rapid growth of the retailer's pharmacy services.
Windset Farms brings premium snacking tomatoes to the table
For Windset Farms, this year’s IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show, in Anaheim, CA, feels like a homecoming. Windset’s Santa Maria, CA, operation is among the largest single-site vegetable greenhouse facilities in the United States.
Molly Briseño returns to Moxxy as president
Molly Briseño has returned to marketing agency Moxxy's leadership team as president. Briseño will spearhead client service and agency operations from Salinas, CA, guiding the firm’s continued growth and expansion by assuring creative and service quality remain on par with the vision and exacting standards set nearly 20 years ago by Founder and CEO Karen Nardozza.
Onions 52 teams up with PGA golfer Patrick Fishburn
Onions 52 Inc. announced a partnership with PGA golfer and Utah native Patrick Fishburn for the upcoming season. This collaboration celebrates shared values of dedication, excellence and local pride by pairing the exceptional quality of Utah-grown Smileys onions with Fishburn’s passion and drive on the golf course.
Amazon Fresh closures include Whole Foods conversions
Amazon plans on closing 14 stores under the Amazon Fresh brand and converting five to the Whole Foods Market brand. The company said the plans will enable it to provide customers with expanded options for shopping by expanding online grocery delivery options with more selection at faster speeds.
Today, millions of customers already shop with Amazon for affordable household essentials and groceries, including a wide and varied selection of more than 2 million grocery and household essentials items — from cleaning and beauty products to fresh produce, dairy and meat.
Prime Time to unveil updated brand identity
The name Prime Time has been synonymous with Bell peppers since its founding in 1994, but over the last 30-plus years the company has evolved into so much more. Now, the Coachella, CA-based grower-packer-shipper will unveil its updated brand identity at the IFPA 2025 Global Produce & Floral Show, taking place Oct. 16-18 in Anaheim, CA.
Blue Banner Co. set to debut new brand
Blue Banner Co. has positioned its new brand reveal at the intersection of opportunity and possibility, also known as The Global Produce and Floral Show, in Anaheim, CA, Oct. 16-18.
A trusted citrus grower, packer and shipper led by four generations of the Mazzetti family and the seasoned Blue Banner team, the company operates from the same family-owned location since inception in Riverside, CA. Delivering the highest quality products and service, Blue Banner is ready for the next generation of evolution to unfold.
Equifruit earns spot on Canada’s Top Growing Companies List for fourth consecutive year
Equifruit, North America’s market leader in Fairtrade-certified bananas, has been named one of Canada’s top growing companies by The Globe and Mail for a fourth year running. Ranked No. 174 with a growth rate of 195 percent, this is the company’s highest position on the list yet.
Loblaw inks five-year deal to scale AI-powered autonomous trucking
Retail giant Loblaw Cos. Ltd. has expanded its commercial partnership with autonomous freight leader Gatik. Marking a milestone for the autonomous trucking industry, the companies have signed a first-of-its-kind, multi-year growth agreement to deploy Gatik’s autonomous fleet across Loblaw’s distribution network in the Greater Toronto Area.
USDA restricts PACA violators in five states
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and for failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the businesses’ principal operators from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without USDA approval.
The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry: