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It's time to switch over to summer fruit merchandising displays. California is starting to ship the finest quality stone fruit to kick off the early season. Apricots are available and are already being promoted in store ads.

The Vena family’s roots in the Philadelphia produce industry date back more than a century. It’s a legacy that John Vena, president of John Vena Inc., is committed to keep going strong.

U.S. Customs & Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa cargo crossing in San Diego found more than 550 pounds of methamphetamine and almost three pounds of cocaine worth $1.25 million hidden in a shipment of squash. CBP officers began inspecting within the boxes of squash and discovered 259 packages of methamphetamine and one package of cocaine comingled within the produce. The total amount of narcotics that was extracted from the boxes of squash was 552.65 pounds of methamphetamine and ...

Divine Flavor finished off its Jalisco table grape deal in early May and was just beginning to harvest its Sonoran vineyards as May finished its second week.

As a third-generation family business — and one of the original companies to take occupancy on the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market — Pinto Bros. Inc. is a company customers flock to in fulfilling their produce needs. Pinto Bros.’ storage space has increased over time, which has helped it increase the number of items it can offer to customers. That’s a good thing, because in 2022 the company has been plenty busy.

Ten years ago the California Avocado Commission first observed June officially as California Avocado Month, and it is enthusiastically promoting this long-standing tradition. As an ode to the past 10 years, the commission has enlisted the culinary talents of Southern California native Chef Nyesha Arrington to create two delicious and seasonal recipes that prominently feature California avocados, which are grown by about 3,000 California avocado growers with groves from San Diego to Monterey.

Walmart Canada announced four recent senior executive leadership changes as part of its transformation journey to transform the customer experience for millions of customers in-store and online. Nabeela Ixtabalan has been named chief operations officer; Sam Wankowski has been named chief merchandising officer; Laurent Duray has been named chief E-commerce officer; and John Bayliss is now executive vice president, transformation officer.

As the global population steadily marches toward a predicted 9 billion by 2050, there is genuine concern about the ability to feed everyone, especially with resources already being stretched thin and available farmland giving way to development. While producing more food could prove to be a challenge, drastically reducing food waste may indeed be the more viable solution, and the founder of a nascent digital transportation platform believes his system can lead the way.

M. Levin and Co., Inc. is a family-owned-and-operated, full-line wholesale produce distribution company based out of the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market. “Our roots are in Philadelphia. In 1906, we were the first to bring bananas into the region,” said Mark Levin, CEO of the company. “We distributed them all over Philadelphia and surrounding areas. We quickly expanded to carry a full line of fresh produce.”

The Fresh Produce & Floral Council, in conjunction with Brighter Bites, held an FPFC Volunteer Day in Salinas, CA, on Tuesday, May 10, during which 350 boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables were boxed and delivered to children and their parents at a local elementary school. The following day, the FPFC held a luncheon in Northern California for the first time in two years.