The Little Potato Co. is putting a little spring in families’ meals and pantries with The Little Springtime Campaign and Sweepstakes. The online and in-store sweepstakes will offer numerous chances to win and runs through May 15.

Sam’s Club has made significant progress in its rollout of technology that resolves concern receipt verification to exit the store. The retailer’s application of artificial intelligence and computer vision technology has been successfully deployed in more than 120 clubs since first unveiling it at the Consumer Electronics Show in January.

Sam’s Club said its exit technology is used to seamlessly confirm members have paid for all items in their shopping carts without requiring an associate to check members’ purchases before leaving the club.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association annual Convention and Trade Show held last week in Vancouver was a resounding success attracting more than 4,000 participants. More than 300 companies at 630 exhibit booths accounted for 63,800 square feet of booth space on the trade show floor. Among those were 148 international exhibitors from 12 countries, 161 Canadian exhibitors and 78 exhibitors who were new CPMA members.

Shuman Farms, a storied family business with deep roots in Georgia, has been a leading grower and shipper of Vidalia onions for three generations.

It was a a rocky winter for crops, causing the markets to fluctuate. That made it tough for produce directors trying to develop ads with popular high-volume lead items.

When it comes to fruits and vegetables, Georgia is best-known for its peaches. Its nickname after all is the Peach State.

But there’s a lot more to Georgia produce than peaches, and Georgia Grown is making sure that everyone knows about all the produce the state has to offer. Georgia Grown is the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s marketing and economic development program, and it’s dedicated to growing the agriculture industry by bringing all types of businesses — growers, processors, suppliers, distributors, retailers, etc., together.