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Opinion: Expedited supply chain demands lead to tomorrow's standard processes
Todd Bernitt, Vice President of Managed Services for Robinson Fresh, says retailers who can utilize expedited supply chain models will be the best poised for growth.
June 24 , 2020
Corrected: Shipping lines avoid Cape Town amid heavy congestion
The South Africa Europe Container Service (SAECS), jointly provided by Maersk, ONE and Deutsche Africa Linie (DAL), will omit Cape Town and focus its South African calls at Durban and Ngquara.
June 24 , 2020
Retailers recall bagged salad as Cyclospora outbreak case count grows
Three supermarkets in the U.S. have over recent days recalled products linked to an outbreak that is rapidly spreading across numerous states.
June 24 , 2020
Agronometrics in Charts: Berry spot market pricing down on last year except for blueberries
Blueberries were alone in the berry category seeing a slight increase in week 25 pricing, with raspberries, blackberries and strawberries all experiencing declines of differing degrees.
June 23 , 2020
Broom Frio Holding continues its growth at international level
In 2020 Broom Group started the construction of a cold storage facility for fresh fruit, thinking mainly of satisfying the demand generated by the Olmos irrigation project.
June 23 , 2020
Chiquita to stop shipping bananas from Honduras in favor of Guatemala - report
The company reportedly announced that from June 30 it will stop using Puerto Cortés, instead trucking the fruit around 100km across the border to Puerto Barrios.
June 23 , 2020
U.S.: Farmworkers exempt from Trump's work visa suspension
Seasonal farmworkers, who use the H-2A visa, are exempt from the new measures, amid an ongoing labor shortage in the agricultural industry and increasing reliance on the guest worker program.
June 22 , 2020
Perishable Pundit launches new weekly podcast in the midst of pandemic and protests
Perishable Pundit Jim Prevor will be producing a weekly podcast that will focus on the broader issues and the greater environment, in which the success of this industry is bound to be determined.
June 22 , 2020
Summer Citrus from South Africa's Suhanra Conradie: We are selling a country with confidence
We caught up with Suhanra Conradie to hear about how the group is this year celebrating women in produce, the joys of being part of the global produce industry, and expectations for the 2020 citrus campaign amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
June 22 , 2020
U.S. could sanction imports of dozen Mexican ag products over alleged child labor
Under the USMCA taking effect on July 1, Mexico, the U.S. and Canada can seize imports from any region of the world that are produced using forced labor or child labor.
June 22 , 2020
