With a $365 million capital investment, Food Lion has enhanced the customer shopping experience with remodeled stores in the greater Raleigh-Durham, NC, area and Mecklenburg County, VA.

The investment includes an extensive product assortment with a specific focus on a variety of affordable and easy meal solutions that are ready-to-eat, ready-to-cook or ready-to-heat. In addition, stores will feature fresh & simple branded meals. Nearly all stores are introducing self-checkout lanes for an enhanced and efficient shopping experience, allowing customers to choose between traditional cashier

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding $82.3 million to 65 recipients to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops — including fruits, vegetables, tree nuts and nursery crops — and support the industry’s producers. The funding is being awarded through USDA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) and the Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant (SCMP) Program.

From market development to consumer education to research, these programs expand markets and increase competitiveness of the specialty crop industry and increase access to specialty crops for consumers. The Specialty Crop Block

It all began in 1984 for this Los Angeles-based firm. Founder Ward Fredericks had a vision for a recruiting firm that was a cut above the rest. With a focus on integrity and white glove service levels, he started Mixtec Group. It wasn’t until 1998 when Chris Nelson joined the Mixtec team that the company shifted its recruiting focus to fresh produce. Chris’ vision to guide the company toward the relationship-driven agriculture industry proved to be fruitful for the firm and Mixtec quickly established itself as a trusted partner to key players in the fresh produce sector.

Mixtec Group‘s senio

In the small town of Wenatchee, WA, also known as the Apple Capital of the World, was a homestead that would one day grow into the soil it sat on. Stemilt Growers tells Family Business Magazine of the trials and triumphs that built the foundation for a fruit corporation to thrive on its 60th year anniversary in a feature article titled Always Growing. Stemilt’s President, West Mathison, and brother and Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Tate Mathison, look to a future of family grown fruit made possible by the hands of their forefathers.  

“If anyone can confront the challenge, it’s the

Tops Friendly Markets, a leading full-service grocery retailer in New York, northern Pennsylvania and Vermont, announced that its annual campaign for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH) raised over $407,000.  The campaign which ran at all participating Tops Friendly Markets locations concluded Saturday, July 6, 2024.

Customers supported the CMNH campaign by purchasing a $1.00 Children’s Miracle Network Miracle Balloon or rounded up their change at any participating Tops. Proceeds from the campaign benefit the local women and children’s hospitals in its communities.  Thanks to the

In honor of its 125th Banana-Versary, marking 125 years in the banana business, Dole Food Company will host the inaugural Dole Great American Banana Challenge Aug. 24 during the Great American Banana Split Celebration, Aug. 24-25, 2024, in Latrobe, PA. The produce leader agreed to sponsor the annual Challenge through 2027.

According to Banana Challenge rules, the banana fan who peels and eats the most DOLE Bananas in 125 seconds on the event’s Robindale Main Stage will receive the inaugural Dole Banana Challenge Belt, designed and produced by Andrew Lazarchik, founder and owner of Wildcat