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The Packaging Pitch: Reinventing the fresh produce department
Lisa Cork asks 'in the era when Millennials are asserting their spending power, have their wants and demands for the produce department changed?'
December 01 , 2017
U.S.: Frieda’s predicts 2018 will be the year of jicama
The U.S. produce company has listed five produce items it believes retailers should definitely be stocking next year.
December 01 , 2017
U.S.: Opal apple marketing campaign sees positive results
FirstFruits Marketing says it will continue to find new and effective ways to increase awareness of the apple.
December 01 , 2017
Colombia eyes next 15 produce items for U.S. market access
U.S. official Ted McKinney says he sees a "clear path" for the importation of Colombian bell peppers and citrus.
December 01 , 2017
NZ govt renews investment in Zespri's breeding program
The partnership aims to develop at least one novel fresh fruit product type by 2030.
November 30 , 2017
Nature's Pride sees positive retailer response to ready-to-eat kiwifruit
Marketing manager Jan Willem Verloop discusses developments at the company including a new supplier portal and which products are booming.
November 30 , 2017
EU votes to renew glyphosate license for five years
However, the French president said he would take all necessary measures to ban the product within three years.
November 30 , 2017
U.S.: Henry Avocado opens first East Coast cold storage facility
The North Carolina facility has the ability to distribute about 300,000 avocados daily, with storage capacity for an additional one million pieces of the fruit.
November 30 , 2017
New investigator drops US$342M embezzlement case against Russia’s ex ‘banana king’
The case was reportedly terminated for lack of corpus delicti.
November 30 , 2017
U.S.: APHIS expands HLB quarantine areas in California
As well as expanding the quarantine area in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, a new area is being added in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
November 30 , 2017
