Sunkist Growers, Naturipe and Envy Apples Collaborates with WildBrain’s Strawberry Shortcake to Present a “Fruitastic” Produce Collaboration, Mother’s Day Promotion

April 26, 2022 Sunkist Growers

Top-selling fruit brands—Sunkist Growers, Naturipe Farms and T&G Global’s Envy™ Apples—launch new “Fruitastic” promotion for WildBrain’s new animated Strawberry Shortcake series Berry in the Big City, now available on YouTube and Netflix. According to a recent study, shoppers increased their basket spend by over 50 percent when strawberries and blood oranges were purchased on the same trip compared to the average strawberry trip. Total basket spend increases were also seen with apples and blood oranges trips. 

Cosmic Crisp Apple Announces First Ever Culinary Challenge

April 11, 2022 Cosmic Crisp®

Seeking unique recipes and fresh takes on existing ones, the brand’s contest is inviting entries across the United States and Canada in four categories: Home Chef, Professional Chef, Retail Chef and Kid Chef. In addition to offering prizes and of course, galactic levels of bragging rights, the Cosmic Crisp® Culinary Challenge is featuring celebrity judge Carla Hall to choose each category’s winner.

Solving the Honeycrisp Apple Ancestry Mystery

April 11, 2022 University of Minnesota

Ancestry tests aren’t just for people or pets anymore. Thanks to DNA-based tracking, researchers at the University of Minnesota have finally traced the family tree of the Honeycrisp apple — one of the top ten varieties produced in the United States.

CPMA Timely as Oppy Spotlights T&G Apples in Canadian Market

March 30, 2022 T&G Global

As the first in-person CPMA show in three years approaches, Oppy is eager to revisit Montreal, the eastern Canadian hub for its latest promotional efforts supporting leading premium Envy™ and JAZZ™ apple brands.

CMI Orchards Achieves EFI Certification on Apples, Cherries and Pears

March 29, 2022 Equitable Food Initiative

Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy groups, recently announced that CMI Orchards had achieved its first EFI certification.