Seed Your Future Names Next Executive Director

Seed Your Future announced the selection of Jazmin Albarran as their next executive director. After a nationwide search, the organization was thrilled to select this seasoned nonprofit professional to succeed retiring founding executive director, Susan E. Yoder, IOM.

Vermont’s Food & Beverage Producers Connect with Buyers through Virtual Tastings

Vermont’s food producers and retailers are, once again, partnering to bring delicious value-added foods to stores near you. As a result of COVID-19, many in-person events cancelled through 2021, the Vermont Specialty Food Association (VSFA) and the Vermont Retail and Grocers Association (VRGA) continue their virtual tastings series to promote Vermont brands to Vermont stores and wholesalers.

ProAmpac Extends Market Reach for Recyclable Fresh-Food-To-Go Packaging to North America

April 29, 2021 ProAmpac

Flexible packaging leader ProAmpac, is building on the European success of Rapid Action Packaging’s (RAP) fresh-food-to-go packaging portfolio by expanding into North America. Widely recyclable in paper streams, each product strives to remove avoidable plastics and use the least amount of materials possible.

Grillo’s Pickles acquired by King’s Hawaiian

Grillo’s Pickles, a Needham-based company that started 13 years ago when an art school grad who was rejected as a designer by Nike began selling homemade pickles for a dollar out of a cart in the Boston Common, has been sold to the California-based maker of King’s Hawaiian rolls.

Saputo Announces Appointment in Senior Management

April 29, 2021 Saputo

Saputo Inc. announces today the appointment of Ms. Leanne Cutts as President and Chief Operating Officer (International and Europe), effective in the second half of calendar year 2021.