Month: June 2015

Yerecic Label Examines New Consumer Research: The Millennial Produce Buyer

June 30, 2015 Yerecic Label

Shoppers most susceptible to impulse purchases are Millennials at 64 percent compared to all consumers at 57 percent, according to recent research conducted on Millennial produce buyers. The data is part of The Power of Produce 2015 research study; published by Food Marketing Institute, conducted by 210 Analytics, LLC and made possible by Yerecic Label. Through The Power of Produce data, Yerecic Label noted that the consumption and purchase habits of Millennials vary greatly from other generations. …

Summertime Tomatoes In The Dead Of Chicago Winter?

June 30, 2015 Peter Frost, Crain's Chicago Business

One of the curses of living in northern latitudes afflicts Chicagoans every fall: How can you buy fresh produce when the fields are frozen? The answer, for a growing number of farmers, is to bring the plants inside. Now comes an industrial-scale venture that aims to provide an alternative to one of winter's most cruel impositions: the tasteless tomato. …

P.E.I. Lobster Season Extended

June 29, 2015 Staff Reporter, CBC News

The P.E.I. Fishermen's Association asked for an extension of the season to make up for the late start, and on Thursday Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea announced a four-day extension. …

Alaska's Copper River Sockeye Season Remains Steady

June 29, 2015 Copper River/PWS Marketing Association

The 2015 Copper River sockeye season is in full swing. The fish hail from the pristine glacial fed waters of the Copper River and are naturally rich in heart healthy Omega-3s. According to Jeremy Botz, the Gillnet Area Management Biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, as of June 13th, the 2015 season appeared to be the 7th largest harvest on record. …

Paine & Partners Enters Into Agreements To Sell Icicle Seafoods

June 29, 2015 Paine & Partners, LLC

Paine & Partners, LLC, a global private equity investment firm focused on investing in food and agribusiness, and Icicle Holdings, Inc., announced that they have entered into agreements to sell Icicle to Convergence Holdings, Inc.  and to Dominion Catchers, LLC. Under the transactions, Convergence will acquire Icicle's land-based wild seafood processing and farmed salmon activities, and Dominion will acquire the Company's harvesting and processing vessels as well as the associated fishing rights.  Convergence and Dominion have agreed to enter into long-term contracts to continue Icicle's diversified seafood operations following the completion of the transactions.  Financial terms of the transactions and of the agreement between Convergence and Dominion were not disclosed. …