Month: January 2015

Pure Hothouse Foods® has recently broke ground on a brand new state of the art distribution center In San Antonio, Texas.  This facility will encompass 60,000 square feet of cooled space, with fully insulated cooler panels and including all the latest eco-friendly technologies to ensure all produce is maintained to its highest level of freshness. This will help to distribute fresher products to its expanding customer base in the Southern US with limited food miles.  …

Leading consulting group for the fresh industry, FreshXperts, today announced that it has added three new team members and appointed a new chairman.  Jonathan Raduns has joined the organization as an owner, and Michael Gretz and David Pennington have joined as associates.  Anthony Totta, a founding member of FreshXperts and former vice chairman, was named chairman of the board of directors, replacing Ron Pelger. …

At the National Potato Council (NPC) Annual Meeting on January 9, 2015, in Orlando, Florida, seven NPC past presidents were invited to come on stage to be recognized for their involvement in adding fresh white potatoes to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. Each past president received a framed copy of WIC educational material that was hand-delivered to Members of Congress. The battle was fought long and hard with victory within arms-length throughout that seven-year course, but at the end of the day it remained an uphill battle until the bitter end. …