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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.