Cherries

Cherries Provide Retailers a Sweet Sales Boost

May 8, 2024 Honeybear Brands

Honeybear is partnering with retail customers for key summer promotions and sales events to support shopper demand for this highly anticipated sweet and juicy fruit. Retailers can expect to receive packed-to-order fresh fruit handled with the precision and white glove service Honeybear prides itself on.  With flexible packing capabilities at their expanded cherry packing facility in Pateros, WA, Honeybear can accommodate nearly all retailer packaging configurations.   …

Gee Whiz Fruit Reports Unprecedented Increase in Summer Cherry Yield

April 29, 2024 Gee Whiz

Gee Whiz cherries are known for their standout flavor due to their unique growing practices including the strategic use of shade cloth across all cherry acreage, hand thinning of each tree to yield larger fruit size than the industry average, and their signature trellis system that also drives fruit growth, allowing for perfect spacing, ideal light, and optimal air circulation. …

GrubMarket Expands Further into South Africa Through the Acquisition of Global Produce

April 29, 2024 GrubMarket

As a part of GrubMarket’s portfolio, Global Produce will utilize GrubMarket’s innovative, AI-powered WholesaleWare software suite, the company’s software-as-a-service platform that provides food industry wholesalers and distributors with seamless financial management, powerful sales support, online ordering, precise inventory management, lot traceability, grower accounting, and automated routing and logistics; GrubAssist, GrubMarket’s groundbreaking enterprise AI assistant that empowers food supply chain businesses with deep insights & intelligent analysis; and Orders IO, GrubMarket’s custom branded, mobile eCommerce solution. …

Washington Sweet Cherry Producers Vote to Continue the Federal Marketing Order

April 5, 2024 USDA AMS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today sweet cherry producers in designated counties of Washington voted to continue their marketing order program. …

Expansion Positions CMI Orchards as Northwest Cherry Leaders

March 27, 2024 CMI Orchards

CMI Orchards is poised to make waves this summer, adding significant volume and expanded seasonal availability to complement their expansive cherry portfolio. Bob Mast, President of CMI, adds that the acquisition of Starr Ranch growers back in November 2023 substantially bolstered CMI’s cherry supply with supply partners Custom Apple Packers in Wenatchee WA, and Diamond Fruit Growers in Hood River, OR. …