FMI Foundation Celebrates Industry Champions of the Family Meals Movement

November 14, 2024 FMI

The FMI Foundation announced the 2024 Gold Plate Award recipients, which celebrates outstanding programs implemented by the food industry to encourage family meals. Award winners include Skogen’s Festival Foods, Coborn’s, Inc., Hy-Vee, Inc., Campbell Soup Company, The Foundation for Fresh Produce and Ahold Delhaize USA.   

Bolthouse Fresh Foods Earns Best Sustainable Packaging Honors for Compostable Innovation

November 10, 2024 Bolthouse Fresh Foods

The compostable packaging will debut this month at Meijer with 1- and 2-lb Bolthouse Fresh baby carrots and broaden to organic products in 2025.

Proven Winners ColorChoice Varieties Take Multiple Awards at 2024 Plantarium

September 10, 2024 Proven Winners

Plantarium is a trade show-style event tailored for growers, wholesalers, and garden centers, designed to connect buyers and suppliers of garden plants. With participants and trade visitors from multiple countries, Plantarium exemplifies the international nature of the horticultural industry and is recognized as the leading wholesale market for nursery products in Europe.

2024 Special Recognition Award Recipients Announced at the PPA National Symposium

New in 2024, PPA is pleased to announce a revised awards program designed to reflect the changes in the perennial plant industry, particularly the maturity of the sector overall, while recognizing the immense contributions individuals and companies continue to make to the industry.

RoNetco Supermarkets Honored with Peter J. Larkin Community Service Award 

In 2023, the company’s stores raised more than $141,000 during the ShopRite Partners in Caring Campaign, a cooperative-wide annual initiative to raise awareness around food insecurity. The company matched donations with a $30,000 gift to a local food bank.