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Jim Matiasevich, co-founder and president of Fullerton, CA’s Veg-Land Sales Inc. and its subsidiaries, died Jan. 28 due to complication from pneumonia. He was 76.

Okanagan Specialty Fruits, developers of Arctic apples, acquired 42.5 acres of land in Moses Lake, WA. Parent company The new plot will be home the future home to OSF’s state-of-the-art processing facility, centralizing the company’s operational footprint for receiving, storage, processing, packing and shipping Arctic apple products.  

For more than a century the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has been responsible for ensuring the safety of food products consumed by hundreds of millions of Americans each day while also advancing nutrition. After reviewing the findings and recommendations from external and internal reviews, the FDA identified issues surrounding culture, structure, resources and authorities, as well as several areas of need.

February is the perfect time to promote all the summer fruit from South America. There is a great variety of items to set up nice attractive displays in and around the produce department and store locations. The product supplies and quality is excellent overall. Here are items every retailer can choose when putting together your merchandising layout plan:

Del Rey Avocado, with more than 50 years of experience, has been blessed to be part of the meteoric rise in popularity of avocados across the world.  “The two things that have contributed to this success are our growers and customer base,” Patrick Lucy, the president of the Fallbrook, CA-based company said. “We do not do anything at Del Rey Avocado until we can answer a simple question: ‘Is it good for our growers?’ If the answer is yes, then most of the time it will be good for us as...

If there’s one month to make sweet potatoes your Valentine, it’s February. Country Sweet Produce’s Bako Sweet is celebrating American Heart Month, National Sweet Potato Month, Valentine’s Day and Cook a Sweet Potato Day this month with several marketing efforts to drive sales during this season. 

Since the 17th century, families have been serving delicious meals made in slow cookers. Set it and forget it by adding fresh ingredients to a pot and letting the flavors come together. A transition from fire-based outdoor cooking to the convenience of plugging in.

North Bay Produce, a Traverse City, MI-based cooperative of growers, is offering a versatile varietal mix and large sizes in its 2023 portfolio of Michigan apples. Ken Korson, sales and apple category manager at North Bay, raved about this year’s crop. “It is possibly the largest crop Michigan has ever had,” he said.  Korson noted an ideal pre-harvest climate positioned Michigan apples for this year’s historic run. “The spring and summer weather came with timely rains, which helped pr...

The National Mango Board wants you to smoothie out your routine with mango! There’s no time like the present to get going on sustainable routines and there is no fruit like mango to help you do it! Available year-round, the versatile mango is the perfect addition to your meal plans no matter your goals.

The Save Mart Cos. appointment industry veteran Bob Miller to its board of directors, a move it described as signaling its commitment to growth.