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Phillip Grant is now in his second year as CEO of the Hunts Point Produce Market, working alongside the nearly 30 merchants that make up the cooperative. Grant first joined the market in 2019 as general manager, right before the onset of the COIVD-19 pandemic.

It is no secret that more consumers are looking to “go green,” but increasingly those consumers think that responsibility should be shouldered by retailers as well. According to recent research from Retail Insight, 77 percent of consumers have tried to be more sustainable in their consumption habits in the last 12 months. That number rises to 88 percent in the all-important 25-to-34-year-old demographic.

The National Watermelon Promotion Board examined factors that affect watermelon demand and detailed its multi-pronged effort to help drive consumption during a session held last month at the 107th annual National Watermelon Association convention in Nashville, TN. As a service to the industry, the NWPB will rehash the in-person presentation during a webinar, to be held March 22.

Heather Chauvin, a leadership coach and host of the Mom is in Control podcast, inspired SEPC’s Southern Roots Luncheon crowd on Friday, March 4 during Southern Exposure. The session, entitled The Power of Feeling Good: Why We Can No Longer Pretend We Don’t have Time, addressed effectively managing one’s time.      

SpartanNash promoted David Petko to executive vice president and chief supply chain officer. He oversees all aspects of SpartanNash's global supply chain, which serves 145 company-owned stores, over 2,100 independent retailers and national accounts throughout the U.S., as well as U.S. military commissaries and exchanges around the world.

ORLANDO, FL — The produce industry gathered in force the first week in March at the Southeast Produce Council's Southern Exposure 2022 conference and trade show to celebrate "The Marvel of Produce" and reconnect in person with colleagues and friends. For many attendees, it was the first time they had seen one another in a couple of years, as the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic finally seems to be in the rearview mirror. This year's event drew more than 2,800 registrations, i...

Walt Dasher of G&R Farms is donating $2,500 to World Central Kitchen to support the efforts of Chef Jose Andres' feeding operations as they prepare meals for Ukrainian refugees. WCK is serving meals at eight border crossings across the country and supporting local restaurants preparing meals in eight Ukrainian cities, including in Odessa, Lviv and Kyiv. WCK teams are also on the ground in Romania, Moldova, and Hungary.

Don Ed Holmes sold 50-pound sacks of jumbo yellow onions for $30 each last week. “That’s the best market I can remember at this time of year for a long time. The last time it was this high was 2007,” said the owner of The Onion House, which is headquartered in Weslaco, TX.

With roots dating back to 1790, the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, NY, is an invaluable hub for produce reaching all corners of New York and surrounding areas. Hunts Point is the largest produce terminal market in the world, with more than 210 million packages of produce trading annually, representing nearly $2.3 billion in sales and reaching more than 23 million people.

Near the end of the 2021 leafy greens growing season on California’s Central Coast, the LGMA program made updates to its food-safety standards. As the 2022 Central Coast growing season kicks off, LGMA members have several new requirements related to food safety.