Customized Brokers in Miami is the customs brokerage and consulting division of Crowley Maritime Corp., which is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

Charlie Dominguez, a senior sales consultant for Crowley’s liner and logistics team, said the company is exhibiting at the annual Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Conference & Expo in Monterey, CA, July 26-28, at booth number 3749.

With summer moving into full swing, Gilroy, CA-based Uesugi Farms Inc. is moving into a full production time slot with multiple deals and multiple crops.

Put on your best Hawaiian shirt and prepare to have your taste buds dazzled at booth 115 during the PMA Foodservice Conference & Expo. Tony Freytag, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Crunch Pak LLC, said the firm will showcase its newest value-added item, peach mango apple slices. “You get the crunchiness and richness of an apple,” he said, adding that the apple slices are infused with a peach mango tropical twist.

Charlie Eagle, vice president of business development for Southern Specialties, headquartered in Pompano Beach, FL, told The Produce News that the company always looks forward to the Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Conference & Expo in Monterey, CA, this year on July 26-28.

“We are in attendance at the expo to meet with our foodservice customers,” said Eagle. “I’ll be joined by Susana Troop, senior account manager, foodservice division, and Daryl Johnston, vice president of sales.”

Louis Hymel, director of purchasing and marketing for the Orlando, FL-based Spice World, told The Produce News that the company will be exhibiting at booth number 129 at the Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Conference & Expo in Monterey, CA, on July 26-28.

“Mitch DiMarco, our vice president of foodservice, will join me at the expo,” said Hymel. “We’ll have all of our popular products on hand, including our line of fresh and processed garlic and our extensive line of spices and herbs.”

Katie Goetz, public information officer for the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, said the effects of winter weather are expected to reduce the state's onion volume slightly in 2013. "New Mexico experienced a cooler-than-normal winter which affected the crop yield for over-winter onions," she told The Produce News. "Yields are down a bit but not drastically. Some of the early onions might not size like they normally do. But spring-seeded onions should yield and size normally."