Lipman names Drew Yurko as its new CFO
Lipman, one of North America’s larger open-field tomato growers, recently announced Drew Yurko as its new chief financial officer.
Spice up your vegetables with lemons
While the headline typically refers to a cooking tip, in this instance it is a strategic idea for transportation efficiency.
Haggen accepts bids for 55 stores, including 33 from Albertsons
Haggen has accepted bids for 55 of its non-core stores, which were sold for more than $47 million. Albertsons LLC, which along with Safeway sold 146 stores to Haggen less than a year ago in order to secure FTC clearance of the Albertsons-Safeway merger, had 33 of the winning bids.
Haggen intends to submit the results of the auction for approval to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Delaware at a hearing Nov. 24.
FDA releases final FSMA produce safety and import regulations
WASHINGTON — The Food & Drug Administration on Nov. 13 released the three long-awaited regulations on produce safety, foreign supplier and third-party audits that make up the Food Safety Modernization Act.
While produce businesses may dig into the final produce handling regulations first, the other two regulations will guide FDA’s oversight of imports. FDA already released the two preventive control regulations and is scheduled to publish two remaining rules on sanitary transportation and food defense in 2016.
Former Stop & Shop exec joins Shaw’s
Joe Kelley has joined Shaw’s and Star Market as the vice president of marketing and merchandising. He most recently served as president for Stop & Shop’s New England division.
Company's $4M violation among PACA notices
In the past three years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture resolved approximately 3,700 PACA claims involving more than $66 million. Its experts also assisted more than 7,100 callers with issues valued at approximately $100 million. On Nov. 12, the USDA cited Taylor Produce for failing to pay nearly $4 million to multiple sellers and provided updates concerning six other companies.
Taylor Produce fails to pay $3.94 million
Industry excitement generating for Washington apple exports
Washington’s apple industry, which continues to methodically grow its annual fruit volume, is gratified by potential to expand its offshore markets now that China has opened its trade to apples.