KESI Management Joins FreshEdge

January 18, 2024 FreshEdge

KESI Management, a food and beverage company that specializes in providing comprehensive and tailored full-service solutions to the food and beverage industry, joined FreshEdge, a family of best-in-class fresh food distribution companies. Founded in 2018 by Austin Kirtley and Mehrdad Erfan, KESI Management’s solutions cover a wide range of areas, including operations, management, logistics, finance, and more, addressing various touchpoints and levels within the industry.

Natural Delights Boosts Sales Through Happy Holi-Dates Sweepstakes

January 18, 2024 Natural Delights

Natural Delights recently concluded its successful Happy Holi-dates Sweepstakes, providing participants with the opportunity to win exciting prizes. The outcomes not only enhanced the brand’s ongoing strategic marketing initiatives but also played a pivotal role in growing sales at retailers.

AUTUMNCRISP Brand Grapes Set to Impress at the Winter Fancy Foods Show With Exclusive Sampling  

January 18, 2024 Sun World International

First Adele, then U2 and now AUTUMNCRISP® brand grapes. Sun World International continues its global campaign for AUTUMNCRISP® with a three-day residency in Las Vegas later this month at the 2024 Winter Fancy Food Show, one of the world’s largest B2B-only specialty food industry events. 

EFI Introduces Customized Audit Approach

January 18, 2024 Equitable Food Initiative

Equitable Food Initiative, the capacity-building and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, is excited to announce the expansion of its certification offerings, reducing the burden growers face by allowing for a customized audit approach.

GrubMarket Acquires JC Cheyne to Expand Further on the West Coast

January 18, 2024 GrubMarket

GrubMarket announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Oregon and California-based JC Cheyne, a highly regarded fresh produce business that is widely known as the “wholesale house of the finest onions and potatoes in the Bay Area.” JC Cheyne currently sells over 70 different items, including almost every color, size, and grade of potatoes and onions, to a diverse group of over 80 retail, food service, and wholesale establishments and mom-and-pop shops, across California.