Wisconsin potato industry reaches out to Hurricane Sandy victims
RPE is one of four Wisconsin potato producers that supplied potatoes as part of a donation to the victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Washington potato export demand showing great growth
Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, encourages domestic retailers to secure their spud supplies as soon as possible. His sage words are directly tied to the fact that the Evergreen State is seeing increases in export volume.
Fancy footwork laid foundation for dancer’s success at Railex
Growing up in Long Island, NY, in the town of Holtsville, Megan Rebollal has used some fancy footwork to land at Railex, a provider of transportation and logistics services for produce loads that traverse the country. An account representative, she works in Riverhead, NY, where the firm shares space with sister company Hapco, a produce grower-shipper-distributor.
The Fresh Wave undergoing major domestic and offshore expansion
The Fresh Wave LLC is currently undergoing a major expansion program that is increasing the number of sources and inventories it maintains, Tommy Consalo, vice president of the Vineland, NJ-based company told The Produce News.
“We have outstanding new partnerships,” said Mr. Consalo. “We are expanding in all growing areas in New Jersey, as well as throughout the East Coast. This year we doubled our blueberry production areas, and we plan to increase another 50 to 100 percent in the coming year. One deal is set in stone and we’re in negotiations with another.”
New facility enhances operational efficiencies at Maglio
Earlier this year, Maglio & Co., headquartered in Glendale, WI, expanded its operations after opening the doors to a new facility in Oakdale, MN. “It opened for cross-docking in January 2012 and production in May,” Owner and President Sam Maglio told The Produce News on Nov. 8.
At M. Levin & Co., in with the fourth generation, out with the gender gap
Members of the second and third generation of Levin family members in one of M. Levin’s first pressurized banana-ripening rooms in the late 1980s.
Cold Train one hot transportation option
The rails at the port of Quincy, WA, are humming. Cold Train, operated by Rail Logistics of Overland Park, KS, has developed a transportation model that allows fresh producers in the Pacific Northwest to take advantage of refrigerated rail service that moves commodities to Chicago and points beyond in a timely and efficient manner.
“We have a different model,” said Pat Boss, public affairs consultant to both the port of Quincy and Cold Train.
Hronis table grapes highlighted during Hollywood's popular San Gennaro Feast of L.A.
At the annual fall San Gennaro Feast of Los Angeles, held Sept. 28-30, the focus, in addition to raising funds to benefit children in Southern California, is certainly the amazing Italian food.
Hronis Inc. was pleased to be included again this year with its highly requested "Hronis Ranch" table grapes, and to find their grapes called upon as a key ingredient in one of the events' most-requested beverages.
Re-invention key to success at Trader Joe’s
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Re-invention was the key to growing Trader Joe’s from a glorified regional convenience store to a nationwide specialty retailer, and that might just be the most important thing in the supermarket business.
Gene Loudon joins Giumarra Wenatchee
Los-Angeles based Giumarra Wenatchee announced the addition of GENE LOUDON to its sales team on Nov. 19.
Mr. Loudon has been in the produce industry for over 25 years, with experience in all aspects of the Northwest tree fruit industry, including conventional, organic and sliced products.