Avocados From Mexico goes big for the Big Game
Avocados From Mexico, the No. 1 selling avocado in the United States, is charging into prime football season with Mexican category leader Old El Paso to capitalize on peak guacamole consumption.
Retail View: Mergers and acquisitions once again dominate supermarket discussions
During the week of Nov.
Potandon Produce provides convenience for consumers
Potandon Produce LLC strives to implement a product line that will give consumers ultimate convenience in the kitchen. Ralph Schwartz, vice president of marketing, sales and innovation, said the company’s programs emphasize ease of preparation while maintaining an ultimate taste experience meal after meal.
The company grows and markets a vast array of colored potatoes as well as proprietary varieties and value-added products.
Higueral Produce to build new facility in 2016
By October 2016 Higueral Produce, Inc. will be operating from a new Rio Rico office and warehouse facility.
Edgar Duarte, a partner in the Rio Rico firm, said the land purchase was completed in October 2015. There will be 15,000 square feet of cold storage and about 5,000 square feet of office space at the new location in Rio Rico.
CMI give bird’s eye view of new packing facility
With over 500,000 square feet of new packinglines equipped with the latest technological machinery, capturing the scope of McDougall & Sons’ new operation on video couldn’t be accurately portrayed without taking to the skies.
Pear category shifts with retailer focus on branded pouch bag programs
Stemilt’s analysis of the latest set of retail scan data shows significant growth in bags year-over-year, both in the percent bags contributed to the pear category and dollars from bags.
Smart & Final expands in California with acquisition of 32 Haggen locations
Smart & Final Stores will expand its footprint in California, having been approved as the purchaser of 32 store leases — four of which are supplemental to its previously announced stalking-horse bid — and related assets from Haggen for a total cash purchase price of approximately $68 million. The transaction is expected to close during Smart & Final's fiscal fourth quarter in 2015.
Allegiance announces opening and grand re-opening of Foodtown supermarkets
Allegiance Retail Services LLC announced Dec. 1 the grand opening of 10 new Foodtown supermarkets plus the grand re-opening — after a major renovation — of one existing Foodtown store.
After a decade, Miss Florida Citrus again representing crop
For eight decades starting in the 1920s, the Florida citrus industry crowned a queen each year to represent the crop as a world ambassador. The pageant was abandoned in 2004 but was revived this year.
MountainKing Steakhouse Roasters featured in new Roaster Mania promotion
A new promotion by Texas-based MountainKing is providing retailers the opportunity to showcase the company’s popular Steakhouse Roasters, the slender, thin-skin fresh variety that consistently earns the potato category’s highest average retail price per pound and more dollar ring than traditional potato types.