Insiders say sustainability and consumers, and increasing consistent quality were a few topics discussed at the first Apple Quality Summit 2021, hosted by Hazel Technologies, Inc.
In 2020, Mario Cervantes of Hazel Technologies reported the company treated 3.2 billion lbs. of food and prevented more than 270 million lbs. from going to waste with its technologies–the Hazel 100™ 5g bin sachet and Hazel CA technologies, which help protect the quality of the fruit in bins, plus Hazel Datica which monitors cold storage in real time.
In sales industrywide, apples in 2020 were the second largest within fruit dollars–of the approximately $33 billion on fruit sales in 2020, while $7.2 billion went to berries, apples carved out $4 billion–an increase of 1.2 percent in dollars over the year prior. While that dollar increase may seem modest, Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics and Summit speaker said in pounds, apples moved more significantly. “We moved apples well in pounds –up 6.1
Hazel Tech hires director of retail business development
Hazel Technologies Inc. announces Tommy Caruana has joined the company as director of business development retail.
With more than 10 years of experience in the perishable retail sector, Caruana’s expertise ranges from procurement and category management to merchandising and marketing analytics. Most recently Caruana served as procurement manager of produce & floral at Wakefern Food Corp. During his time at Wakefern, Caruana held progressive responsibilities leading diverse teams and overseeing $1B+ of produce procurement for six banners across the Northeast. In addition, he built retail programs to drive top line sales and worked closely with quality assurance teams to ensure the highest standards and best practices.
First Apple Summit touches on apple quality and consumer trends
Summer promotional opportunities. Sustainability and consumers. Increasing consistent quality. These were a few topics discussed at the first Apple Quality Summit 2021, hosted this past Friday by Hazel Technologies, Inc. In 2020, Mario Cervantes of Hazel Technologies reported the company treated 3.2 billion lbs. of food and prevented more than 270 million lbs. from going to waste with its technologies the Hazel 100™ 5g bin sachet and Hazel CA technologies, which help protect the quality of the fruit in bins, plus Hazel Datica which monitors cold storage in real time.
In sales industrywide, apples in 2020 were the second largest within fruit dollars of the approximately $33 billion on fruit sales in 2020, while $7.2 billion went to berries, apples carved out $4 billion an increase of 1.2 percent in dollars over the year prior. While that dollar increase may seem modest, Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics and Summit s
Today s virtual Apple Quality Summit features a variety of speakers
Hazel Technologies, Inc. has announced panelists to speak at today s virtual Apple Quality Summit. The Grower Perspectives panelists include Leighton Rice, quality control manager at Rice Fruit Company of Adams County, PA and Scott Kee, VP of operations at Sacia Orchards of Galesville, WI. The panelists represent category leaders from across US apple production regions that share a dedication for quality and innovation across their operations. The panel will be moderated by Kelly Dietz Hale, VP of sales at Hazel Technologies, Inc.
The Grower Perspectives panelists include (left to right): Scott Kee, VP of operations at Sacia Orchards and Leighton Rice, quality control manager at Rice Fruit Company.
SEA Digest: Temasek backs Hazel Technologies; Uploan bags $15m financing
A woman passes a logo of state investor Temasek Holdings at their office in Singapore July 8, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su
April 21, 2021
Singapore state investor Temasek has co-led the $70-million Series C funding round in US-based agritech startup Hazel Technologies while Philippine-based fintech firm Uploan has secured $15 million in debt financing.
Temasek co-anchors $70m funding in US-based Hazel Technologies
Singapore state investor Temasek has joined Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund (Pontifax AgTech) to co-lead the $70-million Series C funding in US-based agricultural technology company Hazel Technologies.
The oversubscribed funding round was also participated by returning investors S2G Ventures, Pangaea Ventures, Rhapsody Venture Partners, Asahi Kasai Ventures, Jordan Park Group, and the Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust, according to an announcement.