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Hy-Vee is taking its growing presence in Wisconsin to another level with a new partnership with the Green Bay Packers and Titletown. The retailer and NFL team will be featured together in a variety of displays, including at Lambeau Field during game days and at Hy-Vee stores.

With a quarter century of experience working with New Jersey fruit, Sunny Valley International is looking forward to another robust fall season. The fall is a transition period and the company will soon be shifting from its seasonal summer fruit program to the fall and winter items that are a staple of business from September through May.

Produce veteran Richard George Papen, 84, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on April 16, after spending his entire career in the East Coast vegetable business in the family farming operation.

Generational Equity, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, is pleased to announce the sale of its client, Flower Kingdom to Klis Capital. The acquisition closed September 2, 2022.

Many of the trends that are currently shaping consumer behavior, and necessarily impacting business decisions, are centered around the idea that the buying public is taking control of their lives and making changes with their own well-being at the core.

The International Fresh Produce Association announced that Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) and FDA leaders Susan Mayne, director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, and Frank Yiannas, deputy commissioner for Food Policy and Response, will participate in The Washington Conference event held in Washington, DC, Sept. 26-28.

Consumer education and outreach aimed at increasing consumption of Michigan apples is an important focus of the Michigan Apple Committee. The MAC engages in marketing, research education and communications for the benefit of Michigan’s apple growers. Its mission is to enhance the reputation of Michigan apples, improve their share of sales in target markets and aid the profitability and sustainability of Michigan’s apple industry.

Misfits Market, an online grocery platform driven by accessibility, affordability and sustainability, acquired online grocer Imperfect Foods. The planned acquisition will unite both brands to deliver a better, more sustainable grocery experience and put the combined business on track to cross $1 billion in sales and reach profitability by early 2024.

United Natural Foods Inc. has added new meal solutions to its offering to better allow retailers to meet the growing demand for quick, restaurant quality meals, while reducing in-store labor and the time required to create similar products on their own. The meal solutions are available nationwide to the more than 30,000 customer locations UNFI services.

For the eighth year, Titan Farms and Harris Teeter joined forces and donated peaches to Second Harvest Food Banks in Raleigh and Charlotte, NC. This year’s donation was especially impactful to local communities, with 76,000 pounds of peaches donated to local food banks — more than double last year’s donation.