Potandon Produce adds two to staff
Idaho Falls, ID-based Potandon Produce LLC, a fresh potato marketing company, announced the addition of Rachel Anderson to its sales department and Gabe Boldt to its operations department.
Professional Produce adapts to changing times
Ted Kaplan grew up on Los Angeles’ Seventh Street Market at his family’s wholesale operation in the 1960s and ‘70s. He has seen a lot of changes in those 45-plus years, but he believes the attention to food safety might well be the biggest.
Kaplan is president of Professional Produce, a produce grower-shipper, distributor and re-packer located a few miles from the Los Angeles wholesale produce scene.
About 40 years ago, he was pushing a hand truck on that decades-old street-level market, which, even by that time, had seen much better days in its past.
Fruit Distributing finds niche in diverse Los Angeles
Jeff Weisfeld has followed in his father’s footsteps and made a nice living as the proprietor of Fruit Distributing Corp. of Los Angeles, the produce wholesaler operation Harold Weisfeld founded 57 years ago.
Good growing conditions launch Michigan produce deal
The springtime brought good growing conditions for Michigan’s produce industry.
The Michigan deal started four days earlier than a year ago, and the outlook going into July is great, said Loren Buurma, a partner in the Willard, OH-based Buurma Farms Inc.
Meijer commits $100 million to locally grown produce
As Meijer continues to expand across the Midwest, its commitment to purchasing local produce has also grown to represent an annual economic impact of nearly $100 million.
Summer Fancy Food Show rocks NYC
The 2015 Summer Fancy Food Show was held June 28-30 at the Javits Center in New York City. The three-day trade show brought together approximately 22,000 attendees and 2,600 exhibiting companies from all over the world.
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Phil Pisciotta Jr., ‘true industry gentleman,’ dies at 87
Phil Pisciotta Jr., a longtime produce industry veteran, died at his home surrounded by family June 28. He was 87.
Mr. Pisciotta was born Oct. 16, 1927, in Kansas City, MO, and attended Wentworth Military Academy, after which he and his wife, Mary Louise, were stationed in Japan following World War II.
Del Taco teams up with CAC to offer fresh sliced avocados
Del Taco, a leader in the Mexican quick service restaurant category, has announced that it has teamed up with the California Avocado Commission to provide customers with fresh, sliced avocado this summer.
Sysco terminates merger with US Foods
Sysco Corp. has terminated its merger agreement with US Foods. The announcement came days after the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, granted the Federal Trade Commission's request for a preliminary injunction to block the proposed Sysco-US Foods merger. This action also terminates an agreement with Performance Food Group to purchase US Foods facilities in 11 markets.
Under terms of the merger agreement, the termination of the transaction requires Sysco to pay break-up fees of $300 million to US Foods and $12.5 million to PFG.
State Department rectifies visa glitch that disrupted harvest of some crops
The U.S. State Department has rectified a computer problem that was preventing visas from being issued by U.S. embassies and consulates, which is good news for fruit and vegetable growers left with a shortage of workers during the key harvest season.
The problem, described as a flaw of the system’s ability to store biometric data, started June 9 and resulted in a backlog of visa requests. Losses to produce growers in California were estimated at $1 million per day.