International Fresh Produce Association’s (IFPA) Retail Conference Transforms How Business is Done

Hundreds throughout the full retail supply chain convened for effective networking and essential consumer insights, May 1-2 in Phoenix, AZ, at IFPA’s The Retail Conference. In just its third year, the produce conference is laser-focused on the retail side of the industry and attracted major retailers, suppliers, and solutions providers to connect, do business, and learn. 

Market of Choice MOJO Program Provides Local Makers with a Recipe for Success

May 8, 2024 Market of Choice

The Market of Choice MOJO program helps provide a path to market for Oregon makers, offering much-needed guidance, development support, distribution solutions, and promotion. Often as one of the first retailers to provide market-entry shelf space to these makers, Market of Choice’s partnership and support gives makers time to generate revenue, build brand awareness, and increase production capacity needed to expand distribution regionally and nationally. 

5 Key Online Strategies For Blooming Floral Sales

May 8, 2024 Rio Roses/Equiflor

Mother’s Day is one of the most important holidays of the year for florists, and online sales are a big part of it. We want to ensure you’re prepared for the online rush, so here are five key strategies to help you capitalize on this peak season.

Kenya to Host the 11th International Flower Trade Exhibition Attracting Buyers from Over 75 Countries

This year’s IFTEX, will be the 11th since the show opened its doors in 2012, and comes at a time Kenya is gaining traction, not just as producer but a flower logistics hub with large distribution chains establishing bouquet-making hubs under a concept called “packed at source’’, taking root here. 

Oman’s SIMAK Set to Boast GCC’s Largest Seafood Processing Capacity

May 8, 2024 Muscat Daily

SIMAK, the sultanate’s flagship seafood cannery nestled within the Fisheries Zone of SEZAD, is poised to redefine the landscape of seafood processing and distribution in the Middle East region.