Month: April 2013

Raley's Selects Harvestmark For Its DC Quality Management Solution

April 10, 2013 HarvestMark

YottaMark Inc., provider of HarvestMark, the industry-leading fresh food traceability and insights platform, today announced that Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, the family-owned grocery chain based in West Sacramento, California, has selected HarvestMark for its next generation Distribution Center (DC) quality solution.  HarvestMark DC Insights provides mobile quality measurement tools and on-demand analytics that will help Raley’s monitor products at the point of receiving and optimize its supply chain to deliver superior-quality produce to shoppers. …

Commercial Aquaculture On The Horizon In Delaware

April 9, 2013 Jon Bleiweis, The Daily Times

Delaware is one step closer to becoming the final state on the East Coast to partake in commercial aquaculture. A team at the Center for the Inland Bays has completed a year’s worth of research and developed recommendations for how aquaculture could best happen in the Inland Bays. …

New Louisiana Seafood Board Has Big Job Representing $2.4 Billion Industry

April 9, 2013 Springfield Lewis, Louisiana Seafood News

The 13 new members of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board inherit an organization proven many times over as an advocate for the state’s commercial fishing community – in good times and especially bad. …

Fresh, Exotic Fare Finding Its Way Into Hy-Vee Seafood Departments

April 9, 2013 Melody Parker, Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

Landlocked residents don't have to wait until a beach vacation or drive thousands of miles for fresh seafood from U.S. coastal waters.  It's as close as your local Hy-Vee store, says Chris Fernau, seafood manager at Crossroads Hy-Vee. "Absolutely, our customers have a lot of interest in fresh seafood. We do a lot of sampling to introduce shoppers to the flavors and different ways to prepare fish and do Fresh Fish Fridays. Our seafood is flown in fresh — from the boat, into the box and FedExed directly to the store."

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Alliance For A Healthier Generation & Tyson Foods Team Up

April 9, 2013 Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods, Inc. is teaming up with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation in the fight against childhood obesity. …