Paul Kazan, president of Target Interstate Systems Inc., at Hunts Point Terminal Market in the Bronx, NY, told The Produce News that one of the company’s primary focuses currently is the beta testing of its website: producelogistics.com.

Genpro Inc. was founded in 1989 by Robert A. Goldstein, who remains the company’s owner and president. He told The Produce News that he started the company soon after graduating from college.

In cooperation with The United Fresh Foundation's Let's Move Salad Bars to California Schools campaign to donate salad bars to 350 California schools at the upcoming United Fresh 2013 convention in San Diego, Hollandia Produce LLC, based in Carpinteria, CA, announced the donation of three new salad bars to the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Michigan's apple industry has earned kudos as the Comeback Kid during the 2013 production season. In 2012, Mother Nature slapped Michigan's apple growers with a rollercoaster cycle of warm weather and killer freezes that virtually shut down production. The industry is moving into the 2013 season with a renewed sense of optimism that the coming crop will meet or exceed expectations.

The New England Produce Council held its Sunny Valley International-sponsored dinner meeting May 8 at Embassy Suites Boston/Waltham. This was the ninth consecutive year that Sunny Valley has sponsored the meeting, and this year's theme was Monte Carlo. “It was an outstanding success," said Laura Sullivan, NEPC executive director.

Old signs have come down and new “Schnucks” signs have gone up on the exterior of both the Logli Rockton and Hilander Cherry Valley stores, signaling the launch of the renaming for all 11 Logli and Hilander stores across the Rockford, IL, area and in Janesville, WI.