SALINAS, CA -- The evening prior to the opening of the Produce Marketing Association's Foodservice expo, several hundred members of the industry gathered at the Church Bros. ranch in Salinas to get reconnect and indulge in some good food, drinks and fun. But doing business was not necessarily on the agenda.

GloriAnn Farms, a year-round shipper of high-quality value-added sweet corn, and Five Crowns Marketing, its partner and a grower-shipper of high-quality fruits and vegetables, announced their "Support Our Troops" promotion. This is the second year for the program.

For every retail case of corn sold in August, GloriAnn Farms will make a donation to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, which contributes to the families of military personnel lost or injured in duty.

The National Mango Board has added new nutrition marketing messages to its existing industry list to strengthen the superfruit’s nutrition story, available now at www.mango.org/nutrition. This effort is part of the NMB’s nutrition outreach program, which helps spread the word about mango nutrition to U.S. consumers.

The nation’s oldest grocery chain, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P), is up for sale, according to a memo sent by Chairman Gregory Mays to store managers and other employees from the company.

Wonderful almonds joined sister brand Wonderful pistachios in carrying the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check mark, a trusted symbol for shoppers who are navigating the grocery store looking for heart-healthy products.

EDISON, NJ — Close to 500 people gathered Thursday, July 25, for Allegiance Retail Services LLC's annual holiday buying show, held here at the New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center.

The show also drew "in excess of 250 booths" to the all-day event, according to Victor Savanello, director of produce and floral at Allegiance, a retailer-owned cooperative headquartered in Iselin, NJ.