Month: December 2014

If you happen to visit China and visit your local supermarket, chances are you will not find an avocado display in the produce department.  Even Western owned retailers with branches in China may only have a token few pieces of fruit for an expat customer.  But generally, it is very difficult for Chinese consumers find avocados, let alone know how to eat one.   That is until Lantao and Mission teamed up to help increase the convenience for Chinese consumers to find and use avocados in their regular diets. …

Procacci Brothers Sales Corporation has unveiled new Sesame Street-themed packaging for their popular Santa Sweets authentic grape tomatoes.  The new packaging and label, which features Sesame Street’s lovable red character, Elmo, is Procacci Brothers’s first contribution to the Produce Marketing Association and Sesame Workshop’s nationwide eat brighter!™ initiative. …

Stemilt Growers and its long-time industry leading category management program, FruitTracker, is delivering national category insights in a new infographic format. The first “Stemilt-O-Graphic” was released and reports on apple category performance across the U.S. for the month of October 2014, comparing Nielsen scan data to data from the same timeframe the prior year. …

Gotham Greens is proud to announce that it has received a “Best” rating from Whole Foods Market’s Responsibly Grown Rating System. …

WP Rawl, a full-service grower, processor and shipper specializing in year-round bulk and value-added leafy greens and vegetables, will celebrate their 90th year as a family-operated business in early 2015. …