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Fox Solutions, a manufacturer and distributor of state-of-the-art, custom packing equipment, announces the partnership with its first flow-wrap machine manufacturer, Redpack. In addition to bringing current customers new packaging solutions, this partnership will enable Fox to serve new industries that utilize flow-wrap on many items.  

Apple sales continued to show dollar increases year over year, according to data from Nielsen over the latest 12 weeks from Nov. 7 to Jon. 29. “We had some wild weather in the west in January that caused a few hiccups for apple shipments, but it was good to see that apple sales continued to show those 7 percent dollar increases year over year with Gala and Honeycrisp leading the pack at 44 percent of apple volumes,” said Brianna Shales, marketing director at Stemilt.

Tanimura & Antle announced Tuesday, Feb. 15 the addition of a new item to their Artisan Family of specialty products, a two-count retail pack of Artisan Baby Iceberg. The Tanimura and Antle families have been growing, harvesting and shipping iceberg lettuce for nearly 100 years. Reinvigorating this category builds upon their legacy of being the industry’s best quality iceberg lettuce grower paired with their commitment to product innovation and sustainability.  

US Foods Holding Corp. plans to open two new US Foods Chef’Store locations in Visalia, CA, and Lynchburg, VA. The new stores will feature a wide selection of restaurant-quality products at wholesale prices, including fresh meat, produce, dairy and deli items as well as frozen seafood. Customers will also be able to shop for baking ingredients, beverages, catering essentials, janitorial supplies and other restaurant essentials, and no membership is required.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against R&S Export & Import Inc. and G&K Citrus LLC for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The Florida companies allegedly failed to make payment of more than $250,000 allegedly failed to make payment promptly to eight produce sellers in the amount of $298,099.

Strategically bolstering its international presence in recent years, Oppy is among the first to offer South African plums to the North American marketplace following an eight-year hiatus. As U.S. authorities tightened import regulations for Chilean plums following pest detection in early 2021, Sila Louw, who joined the leading grower, marketer and distributor in the interim to head its South African operations, proposed complementing Oppy’s plum offerings with fruit grown on his home soil — ...

International Fresh Produce Association officially opened its doors on Jan. 1 and the association is quickly making its new name known throughout the industry and within influential circles involved in policy making and consumer media.  

The U.S. online grocery market generated $8.5 billion in sales and accounted for nearly 12 percent of total grocery spending during January, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey fielded Jan. 29-30.

Women in CEA, a new organization that looks to bring together female thought leaders in controlled environment agriculture, will hold its first virtual networking event later this month with plans for future events that will enable participants to learn from other women in this industry.

South Mill Champs, one of the largest high-quality mushroom growers in North America, announced it has expanded its Atlanta distribution center.  In addition, the company acquired substantially all of the operating assets and name of Seven Stars, Inc., a potato and onion distributor which services the U.S. Southeast.