Todd Greiner Farms Packing LLC has hired Blake Hansen as national sales manager. He brings nearly two decades of retail and customer relationship experience to the team.

Instacart CEO and Chair Fidji Simo is leaving the company in the coming months to become CEO of OpenAI Applications, reporting to founder and CEO Sam Altman. Instacart expects to announce which current senior executive will succeed Simo as CEO in the near future.  

The Foundation for Fresh Produce and the International Fresh Produce Association announced the newest cohort of companies selected to participate in the 2025 Fresh Field Catalyst Accelerator, a flagship program designed to connect promising technology innovators with leaders from the fresh produce and floral industries.

Longtime Driscoll’s board member Neil P. DeFeo has retired after 27 years of distinguished service. In his place, the company welcomed Berry Marttin, a globally respected agricultural finance leader, to its board of directors.

Jack Hyman, a beloved industry leader and pioneer in the potato sector, died Sunday, May 4 at the age of 91, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy spanning more than six decades.

Exp. Group supplies a full line of mainstream fresh produce items — such as potatoes, onions, tomatoes, bananas and watermelons — but Anthony Serafino, president of the North Bergen, NJ-based company, said the foundation is an A-to-Z offering of specialties.

“We started our organization on tropicals, and it’s something that is principled in our business,” Serafino said. “When we think of specialties, we think of tropical merchandise.”