Side Delights Launches New SPUDS Potatoes Helping Shoppers Save Money and Reduce Food Waste

April 19, 2023 Fresh Solutions Network

Side Delights® announced the launch of its newest product, SPUDS less-than-perfect potatoes. Available in 10-lb. bags, the new potato line was created with the value- and sustainability-focused consumer in mind.

KM Packaging Adds More Expertise to its Team

April 19, 2023 KM Packaging

Global flexible packaging and lidding films supplier KM Packaging is pleased to announce three new appointments to its growing team. Andrzej Kukula has joined as Technical & NPD Manager, Gavin Fuller as Technical Business Development Manager, and Antonio Ferritto is on board as Supply Chain Planning & Purchasing Assistant.

NatureSweet Creates Fruit and Vegetable Gardens for Schools in Mexico

April 19, 2023 NatureSweet

NatureSweet® has partnered with a nonprofit, Fundación EDUCA México A.C., to help create herb, fruit, and vegetable gardens at schools near six NatureSweet facilities throughout Mexico. The program is called “Escuelas Por La Tierra” and six separate gardens have been established at schools that are near NatureSweet facilities located in San Isidro, Zapotlán, Nayarit, Tuxcacuesco, Colima, and the company’s Guadalajara office.

Lee Fish USA Appoints Lisa Hogan as Vice President of Business Development

April 18, 2023 Lee Fish USA

Lee Fish USA, a premium importer and value-added distributor of fresh and frozen seafood, announced today that it has appointed Lisa Hogan as its new Vice President of Business Development. Based in Southern California, Hogan will be responsible for expanding the company’s growing network of foodservice and retail customers throughout North America. Hogan was most recently the VP of Business Development of Santa Monica Seafoods, where she was a key part of their leadership team for the last 22 years.

Record-Breaking Ocean Temperatures Reported: Warming Waters Impact Shrimp Fishery

Record-breaking warm temperatures were captured in the annual Atlantic Ocean monitoring program in the spring of 2022. This spring, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) scientist Chantelle Layton, who is part of the DFO team analyzing last year’s data, found record high temperatures across the survey area on the Scotian Shelf – the section of the Continental Shelf off Nova Scotia – excluding the eastern Scotia Shelf, where DFO didn’t conduct an ecosystem survey last year.