Month: June 2015

We have a winner! Not 1, not 2 , not 3 but 30 winners for this Pompeii Smoothie Mix contest! Summer fun has just begun.  We have already drawn the names of 3 excited winners. We are selecting 1 winner a day for the entire month of June. …

The Peruvian Avocado Commission (PAC) kicked off the 2015 season by serving a super food breakfast to the men and women on board the famed USS Cole Navy ship during Fleet Week in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. This salute-the-troops event was a first in the history of the avocado category and jump starts a powerful five-month long marketing campaign that includes high-profile events and sponsorships, increased trade and consumer advertising, an expanded menu of retailer support programs and more opportunities to engage directly with consumers through social media initiatives. …

Nearly 150 area growers came out for the annual Primex Farms Growers Appreciation Luncheon, held at the company’s Wasco processing plant and hosted by Primex president Ali Amin. Primex International Trading Corporation is a leading marketer/exporter of dried fruits and nuts. Amin oversees the development of 5,200 acres of pistachio orchards. In addition, he served as a commissioner of the California Pistachio Commission for 11 years and was chairperson of the Marketing Committee for three years. …

Retail and foodservice customers – and now government regulators – are looking for assurances that workers throughout the produce industry have been trained and are following proper food safety practices.  Fortunately, those attending the upcoming United Fresh Produce Association convention in Chicago June 8 through 10, can see one of the produce industry’s most comprehensive and successful worker training programs in action. …