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During March, Food Lion customers can once again help the grocer fight hunger in their community while shopping in-store or online through Food Lion To Go. For every bag of specially marked Food Lion oranges purchased March 2–22, Food Lion Feeds will help provide five meals to local Feeding America member food banks. Additionally, customers can make a cash donation of any amount at the register to support Feeding America and local food banks. In 2021, the Food Lion Feeds Orange Bag campaign pr...

The impact of the pandemic on consumption habits increased global demand for mandarins and lemons. Now Salix Fruits will introduce its new brand, Mundos, launching bags of Peruvian and Moroccan mandarins, as well as lemons from Argentina, Mexico, Turkey and Spain. Salix will be featuring Mundos bags during the Southeast Produce Council's Southern Exposure.

DMA Solutions, a marketing agency serving the food and floral industries, announced the company’s succession and expansion plan that includes Megan Zweig’s promotion to president of the company and Mackenzie McLeod as executive director of brand management. Dan’l Mackey Almy will serve as the founder and CEO. As a result, the company officially announced the decision to expand serving industries adjacent to fresh produce, including restaurants, better-for-you food products, floral, nonprof...

Pacific Trellis Fruit, a year-round importer, grower, marketer, and owner of the Dulcinea brand, hired Howard Nager as its new director of marketing and business development based in the Los Angeles office.

“We are diversified, we are flexible, we are forward-thinking” said Jim Provost, president of I Love Produce LLC. “All those attributes enable us to stay ahead of many of the issues related to supply-chain.” I Love Produce, based in West Grove, PA, specializes in the sales and logistics of garlic, shallots, and ginger, with service areas up and down the Eastern Seaboard, the South and Midwest. As a year-round supplier, the I Love Produce team knows its commodities and the challenges asso...

C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. has officially brought the iconic Grand Union supermarkets back to its beloved shoppers in New York state and Vermont. GU Markets LLC, an affiliate of C&S Wholesale Grocers will operate these stores.

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. announced that Nicholas Konat has been appointed as president and chief operating officer of the company, effective March 21. Konat has most recently served as chief merchandising officer at Petco Health and Wellness Co. Inc., a leading brand in the U.S. pet care industry and will oversee the company’s operations, marketing, merchandising and innovation functions and report to CEO Jack Sinclair.

It’s been an amazing year at Clarifruit, and the company has been looking at the shift in the fresh fruits and vegetable supply chain this year, and the trends that will continue to drive these changes in the upcoming months.

Team members at Nash Produce are looking forward to being back in person with friends and industry professionals at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure show. “We plan to bring sweet potatoes fresh off the line to showcase to visitors,” said Rebecca Scott, grower accounting and marketing director for the Nashville, NC-based company. “Along with trading masked smiles at our booth, we’re also looking forward to strolling the aisles of the tradeshow and meeting with familiar ...

Riggio Distribution Co., an anchor tenant at the Detroit Produce Terminal, is one of the largest produce wholesalers servicing the Midwest. One of the reasons for its long-term success is by staying up on the top trends in the industry. That means attending all the important produce shows, which is why Philip Riggio is headed to the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure expo.