Month: July 2014

Chiquita Brands Launches New Interactive Consumer Loyalty App

July 9, 2014 Chiquita Brands International, Inc.

Chiquita Brands announced the release of an expanded consumer loyalty app, Chiquita FanFun. Developed with the help of FunMobility, the leader in mobile web promotion software, the app is now available from both the iTunes® App StoreSM and Google Play™ Store. The content-rich app features numerous interactive games, customizable photos, fun quizzes, a sweepstakes and hundreds of recipes to engage users and reward them with loyalty points that can be redeemed for a variety of Chiquita brand merchandise. …

Coastline Produce Is Now 'Coastline Family Farms'

July 9, 2014 Coastline Family Farms

Coastline Produce, Salinas, CA, is taking the first step in several new directions, starting with the company name changed to Coastline Family Farms. Founded in 1991 as Sunridge Farms, Inc. the organization has been selling a range of fresh vegetables under the Coastline brand for more than two decades. Well known to its customers in both retail and foodservice, Coastline Family Farms prides itself on the quality of its products and services. The new name, reflects both the heritage of the company and its owners as well as its vision for the future. …

Capespan North America Launches ClemGems

July 9, 2014 Capespan North America

Capespan North America, a leader in supplying deciduous and citrus fruit year round to North American retailers, club stores and wholesalers, today announced the launch of ClemGem, the brand name for the company’s clementines and other easy-peeling soft citrus products. …

GSI Announces Membership Drive On First Anniversary

July 8, 2014 Ed Lallo, Gulf Seafood News

In June of 2013, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fish Fry in Washington, D.C. became the setting for the birth what was quickly to become one of the strongest and loudest voices for the Gulf of Mexico and the seafood it produces, The Gulf Seafood Institute. …

Shrimp's New Path To The Plate

July 8, 2014 Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times

Shrimp fishing, too, has run into grave problems. Stocks are under pressure across the globe. China, once a major shrimp exporter, now imports shrimp to meet growing demand. American regulators called off this year’s Gulf of Maine shrimping season after research suggested that overfishing and warming waters had driven shrimp stocks to new lows. Those mounting concerns are spurring a new generation of shrimp farmers, like Mr. James Tran, who are developing ways to reduce their environmental footprint. Though official statistics are not yet available, the number of small indoor shrimp farms in the United States has grown from just two to at least 22 over the last five years, with dozens more in the pipeline, according to RDM Aquaculture, which provides equipment and know-how to other shrimp upstarts. …