Gourmet’s Finest growth in past year due to aggressive marketing
Jeremy Olesky is the on-site general manager of Gourmet’s Finest’s Detroit facility, which the company opened four years ago. The firm has two convenient locations that allow it to ship its high-quality mushrooms to many major cities quickly. Besides its 10,000-square-foot distribution center in Detroit, its headquarters is in Avondale, PA, in the middle of America’s mushroom heartland.
Adam Pridmore joins Kontos Fruit
Kontos Fruit Co. hired ADAM PRIDMORE on June 11, 2012.
Mr. Pridmore works as a sales representative for the Birmingham, AL-based company and handles out-of-state accounts, as well as local deliveries and door trade. The company handles a full line of produce.
Colorado spuds appeal to U.S. Potato Board’s Linda
Tapping into the U.S. Potato Board’s current Five Distinct Potato Seasons campaign, the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee is spotlighting Centennial State spuds in several consumer-oriented promotions throughout 2013.
Starting with the January-February Nurture Me segment of the USPB yearlong consumer-direct platform, CPAC is touting the versatility of Colorado potatoes, which rank in the top three vegetable crops grown in the state.
Oppy adds sales veteran in Houston office
Oppy welcomed industry veteran Joe Padilla to its Texas-based sales force.
Kids get 'Veggiecation' at Whole Foods
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — "How are you guys doing today?" Lisa Suriano, program creator of Veggiecation — a nutrition and culinary education program that introduces young children between kindergarten and sixth grade to the world of vegetables — asked her class of 15 students on Thursday, Jan. 10, at Whole Foods, here.
"Good!" responded the energetic youngsters.
PBH announces Role Model and Champion honorees
The Produce for Better Health Foundation has named 15 supermarket retailers as Fruits & Veggies—More Matters Role Models and Champions for 2012 in recognition of their support for the national public health campaign and for PBH.
Role Model status, which is the top level of recognition, was achieved by six retailers: Food Lion, Meijer, Roundy’s, Schnuck Markets, Spartan and SuperValu.
Garrett Sacks joins Regatta Tropicals
Arroyo Granda, CA-based Regatta Tropicals hired GARRETT SACKS as sales manager on Oct. 25, or “just in time” for the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Convention & Expo, as he put it.
Apple season one to savor for Rainier
With all the curve balls Mother Nature can potentially throw out during any given apple season, she allowed Washington’s growers to hit a home run with the 2012-13 crop. And Rainier Fruit Co. is all smiles.
Sage Fruit: Conditions ripe for fantastic apple movement
Conditions are ripe for an outstanding apple season for Sage Fruit Co. in Yakima, WA. “The winter months are very important for domestic crops. Condition plays a big part in what volume is shipped from December through February,” President Chuck Sinks told The Produce News on Dec. 7. “The fruit we have in storage right now has great storability. So that should keep things on schedule.” As a general rule, he said more apples are shipped during the fall and winter than during the spring and summer.