CPMA names Passion for Produce Program participants
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association announced the participants for the 2016 Passion for Produce Program in Calgary. As an added value to membership, PFP was created by the CPMA in 2010 to provide rising stars in the produce industry the opportunity to accelerate their professional development through a unique mentoring experience at the annual convention and trade show.
Texas onion crop should be lighter in volume
For the first time in memory, the acreage devoted to onions in South Texas is probably below the 5,000 figure.
USApple brings new meaning to March Madness
What are your favorite apples? Tried-and-true champion varieties enjoyed by all? Or up-and-coming underdog apples known only by a few? Throughout March (National Nutrition Month), U.S.
Harvest Sensations opens new Miami warehouse
Known for year-round premium-quality asparagus, snow peas, sugar snap peas, beans, innovative value-added organic kale products, consolidated and shipping point organic products, and specialties from all over the world, Harvest Sensations currently operates from a 50,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility in Los Angeles. Now, it will also operate from a brand new, 37,000-square-foot location in Miami.
Fresh from the Start debuting Produce Blends at Southern Exposure
Fresh from the Start, based in Riverhead, NY, will debut its new blending/juicing line, Produce Blends, at Southern Exposure (booth No.
Weather a factor, but Prime Time moving quality produce
Prime Time International, headquartered in Coachella, CA, is more than halfway through its 2016 Nogales produce season. Director of Marketing Mike Aiton said the company maintains a year-round office in Nogales to service its customers.
Colored peppers comprise 80 percent of the company’s manifest. “In addition to peppers we also market cucumbers, round, roma and grape tomatoes,” Aiton told The Produce News.
Freshway Foods to introduce fresh-cut root vegetables at Southern Exposure
Freshway Foods will introduce new fresh-cut root vegetables at the upcoming Southern Exposure food show, sponsored by the Southeast Produce Council. The new value-add root vegetables save time and money versus processing whole produce in-house.
National Grocers Association 2016 Show
The National Grocers Association concluded its 2016 NGA Show Tuesday, March 1, with the largest attendance level in NGA history. Close to 3,300 independent supermarket operators, wholesalers, food industry service suppliers and manufacturers attended this year's conference, while the EXPO floor featured over 300 companies.
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Meijer investing $400 million in new and remodeled stores in 2016
Meijer is investing more than $400 million in new and remodeled stores this year across its six-state footprint. The investment includes the construction of nine new Meijer supercenters and 32 different remodel projects.