New Domex 'Superfresh Kids' pear pouch bags feature eat brighter! artwork
This fall, Domex Superfresh Growers will debut a new line of two-pound gusseted Superfresh Kids-themed pear pouch bags with "Sesame Street" characters in support of the eat brighter! campaign.
Mr. Greens celebrates fourth anniversary
Mr. Greens, a Miami-based produce distributor, celebrated its fourth anniversary Aug. 19 with an open house at its new six-acre facility in Miami. Among those in attendance was Tomas Regalado, the mayor of Miami.
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QPMA convention unites members around ‘A Healthy Industry, a Shared Responsibility’
QUEBEC CITY — With the theme “A Healthy Industry, a Shared Responsibility,” the Quebec Produce Marketing Association held its 68th annual convention Aug. 20-22 at the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, here.
Convention delegates found a unique and enriching convention waiting for them, starting with a warm personal welcome from 2014-15 QPMA board president Sammy Cacciatore of Sun Grape Marketing and convention chairman Patrice Alain of Metro, followed by three days of networking, conferences, meetings and special themed evenings.
A new year — and new faces
Houweling’s launches waste heat and CO2 recovery system
Houweling’s Group, a leading greenhouse vegetable grower and marketer with over 200 acres of farms, announced the launch of its patent pending waste heat and CO2 recovery system implementation at its Mona, UT, greenhouse farm. While designed to complement Houweling’s patented Ultra Clima greenhouse, the unique recovery system will have appli
A&P requests $5 million for execs, key management
Days after sending WARN layoff notices to more than 22,000 employees, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. filed paperwork in hopes of using $5 million to retain 495 executives and key management employees — less than 2 percent of the overall workforce. Nearly $1 million of the funds would be divided between just 11 employees. The request was filed with the U.S.
Pomegranates are ‘Wonderful’ at SunnyGem
Pomegranates are wonderful — just ask SunnyGem Produce LLC.
The company, headquartered in Dinuba, CA, is one of California’s premier growers of the “Wonderful” variety pomegranates.
“We are vertically integrated, with 2,460 acres of Wonderful variety pomegranates,” President Brian Haley told The Produce News.
Red Jacket Orchards likes to keep it cloudy
Red Jacket Orchards, a family-owned brand, has been selling fresh fruit juices for more than five decades and has introduced a new alternative to traditional juicing by creating cold-pressed juices.
The family-owned company grows more than 300,000 bushels of apples and 1.4 million pounds of seasonal summer fruits, including cherries, strawberries, peaches, plums and apricots.
United Fresh defends benefits of school nutrition policy in wake of latest study
WASHINGTON — One month before Congress must act to reauthorize school nutrition standards, the United Fresh Produce Association defended government policies to increase fresh fruits and vegetables after a new study raised questions about consumption and plate waste.
The University of Vermont study, which was released Aug. 25, used digital imaging to capture students’ lunch trays before and after they exited the lunch line, and compared results before and after the U.S. Department of Agriculture rules went into effect.
Mission Produce sends first-ever shipment of Peruvian avocados to China
Mission Produce Inc. in Oxnard, CA, has exported the first-ever container of fresh avocados from Peru to China. The load was grown on Mission-owned ranches in Peru, and packed at Mission’s Avocado Packing facility in Chao, Peru.
'Fruitkraze' brand now distributed from new facility
“Fruitkraze,” the Accel Services LLC brand in the wholesale fruit and vegetable market, will now be distributed from the company’s new cutting-edge facility in Valley Cottage, NY.