Month: March 2017

Rice Fruit Company is proud to welcome Alexandra (Lex) Roberts as the newest addition to its staff. Lex will work as Facility Food Safety Manager, a new position created to work in partnership with the Grower Relations and Food Safety Manager post occupied by H. Lee Showalter. …

Oppy’s organics category gets a boost from an expert this week, with veteran Chris Ford joining the leading fresh produce sales, marketing and distribution company as organics category manager. …

“Brian Miller, a true produce professional with a diverse and extensive background, has joined our team as Director of Business Development,” notes Prime Time’s managing members Mike Way and Jeff Taylor. "We are very fortunate to have Brian on board to help guide and assist us in the continued growth of our company,” said Jeff Taylor. …

Honeycrisp and club apple varieties drove the apple category. In January 2017, according to Stemilt’s latest Fruit Tracker Fast Facts video analysis. This analysis looks at apple category performance in January 2017 based on retail scan data from Nielsen and compares it to the same time period in 2016. …

California avocado growers are happy about the recent rains in the region, which have significantly reduced drought conditions in much of the state. A combination of factors – a break in the weather, availability of harvesting crews and a strong market – are contributing to the start of the California avocado harvest in March.
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