Market Minute: What to promote now that it’s grilling time
The hot summer days are here — and it's time to get grilling in your outdoor kitchen. There’s just something exciting about the aroma of a smoke-filled backyard and the crackling sound coming off the grill. It brings family and friends together to enjoy food and create good memories. Grilling is more that just cooking; it’s a way of life and a ritual.
Guatemala Produce Trade Association celebrates 10th anniversary
The Guatemala Produce Trade Association is celebrating its 10th year anniversary. The association aligns leading U.S. importers and industry service providers toward the goal of positively impacting trade of Guatemala-grown fruits and vegetables exported to the U.S.
Fresh Gourmet, Tajín form spicy produce aisle partnership
Fresh Gourmet has partnered with Tajín to craft an irresistible lineup of ready-made Chile Lime Croutons, Pepitas and Masa Strips that are hitting store shelves just in time for salad season.
D’Arrigo New York pushes its ties to the Big Apple
For nearly 80 years, officials at D’Arrigo New York have tied their fate to the fate of New York City and its surrounding environs.
In fact, D’Arrigo New York, which operates its main office at the Hunts Point Market in The Bronx, has built its business, its strategies and, most importantly, its reputation on its relationship with the New York metropolitan area and the estimated 22 million people who live in the region.
Produce managers: A community’s unsung champion
When you consider that food is at the center of so many important moments of our day, it’s not a surprise that the place you go to get those groceries has also evolved to be more of a community center than just a store. While grocery stores have always been a place where neighbors connect and pick up their weekly ingredients for home cooked meals or packed lunches, over time they’ve become an all-inclusive experience for many shoppers.
Produce is in a New York State of mind
New York farmers want to get retailers and consumers into a New York State of mind.
Flashfood: The future of waste is health
Flashfood has released its third annual Impact Report: The Future of Waste is Health at the 2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit. The report digs into the growing connection between food waste and the health and nutrition crisis, presenting the case that wasting less fresh food is one of the simplest and most scalable tools to address a pressing nutrition crisis.
Included alongside Flashfood’s company milestones and achievements in 2024, Flashfood released the results of its first-ever GHG assessment and original shopper insights on the health outcomes of Flashfood.
Splendid’s Jaguar mangos protect an endangered species
Splendid by Porvenir, a leading grower-shipper-importer of Mexican mangos, is on a mission to preserve the precious land on which its prized Jaguar mangos are grown, while also protecting the majestic but endangered species for which its mangos are named.
Eastern Propak sees continued increase in peach business
As a state-of-the-art facility located in Glassboro, NJ, in close proximity to the major Delaware ports, Eastern Propak is a leading hub for those on the East Coast, fulfilling a long list of services for its customers, including receiving, repacking, shipping, cold storage and more.
The company serves as a second-party co-packer for Jersey Fruit and is excited about the upcoming New Jersey peach season.
Side Delights solves summer with America's favorite grilling side dish
Fresh Solutions Network has new supporting data that serving potatoes at a barbecue checks several boxes.
According to the study by Talker Research published in June 2025, Americans planned to attend an average of five barbecues this summer and host four, while 66 percent agreed that summer grilling season is their favorite time of year.