Month: December 2013

GloriAnn Farms and Five Crowns Marketing are very proud to announce that this year’s charitable contributions totaled over $37,000!  The donations were made to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. …

Market Fresh Produce is excited to announce the addition of Windsor “Windy” Hall. Mr. Hall joined the team in October as General Manager for MFP Florida. Market Fresh Produce is also pleased to announce the addition of an employee to its newly acquired Florida tomato re-pack facility. Stephanie Sanchez joined the team at the beginning of November and is the first hired to Business Development in Florida. …

Dulcinea Farms a premium producer, shipper and marketer of the PureHeart and Ruby Bliss seedless watermelons and specialty Tuscan-Style cantaloupes is being acquired by Pacific Trellis Fruit, LLC in a transaction effective the end of December, 2013. The terms of this agreement are confidential. …

The WhiteWave Foods Company, a leading consumer packaged food and beverage company in North America and Europe,  announced that it has agreed to acquire Earthbound Farm, one of the country’s leading organic food brands, from its existing shareholders led by Kainos Capital and founders Drew & Myra Goodman, for approximately $600 million in cash. …

Sbrocco International, Inc. is pleased to announce its participation in the United States Department of Agriculture’s Quality Monitoring Program (QMP), effective immediately. The QMP was developed to help buyers monitor the quality of the fruit and vegetable products they receive, handle, and/or produce. The program will provide Sbrocco with objective, third-party assessments of product quality based on official U.S. grade standards.  …