The Fresh Market announced two major digital enhancements, unveiling a revamped loyalty program and a newly redesigned mobile app as part of the company’s digital experience strategy.

The Fresh Market is reintroducing its loyalty program under a new name, TFM Rewards, reflecting the company’s focus on delivering greater value, personalization and convenience to guests.

These complementary launches represent the next evolution of The Fresh Market’s signature approach to guest service, offering enhanced benefits including:

• Expanded savings and rewards throughout the store
• Special in-store events

If we step back and look at the landscape of public health in the United States, one thing becomes clear: schools represent one of the most powerful — and underleveraged — nutrition platforms we have.

Every single day, millions of children interact with federally supported feeding programs. Whether through the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program or educational snack-based initiatives like the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, schools are not just places of education, they are daily touchpoints for food exposure at scale.

For those of us in the produce industry, that should

The Southeast Produce Council successfully hosted its 2026 STEP-UPP Retail Class for their annual spring tour last week. The intensive multi-day journey took participants directly into the fields and through state-of-the-art facilities, providing hands-on experience designed to foster more effective partnerships between retail professionals and growers.

STEP-UPP (Southeast Training Education Program for Upcoming Produce Professionals) is the SEPC’s flagship educational program. It provides rising retail and foodservice professionals with a comprehensive understanding of the produce supply chain

Members of the 2026 Eastern Produce Council Leadership Class participated in a seminar about making the most of social media prior to the April 7 general EPC membership meeting, sponsored by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture at Topgolf in Edison, NJ. The general EPC membership was also invited to attend this timely seminar.

Shannon Osborn-Jones, an adjunct professor with Rutgers University Office of Continuing Professional Education, walked the group through the big three social media platforms and discussed the four pillars of creating engaging social media content. She also touched

Across farms, grocery stores and supply chains, surplus food is continually at risk of not getting to where it’s needed most. Every year in the United States, approximately 92 billion pounds of perfectly good food goes uneaten, as families face challenges accessing nutritious food to put on their tables. While many people volunteer or donate, there remains a critical need to rescue food and address food insecurity. Feeding America fills this gap by ensuring perfectly good food can safely make it from fields and grocery shelves to community members nationwide.

The Feeding America network brings

The Peruvian Avocado Commission, through its flagship brand Avocados from Peru, announced that Stephen J. Barnard and Bob Lucy were honored with the Global Leadership Award for their contributions to the avocado industry.

The awards were presented April 8, during a dinner at The Lodge at Torrey Pines, the evening before the PAC 2026 Annual Membership Meeting.

Barnard, co-founder and chief executive officer of Mission Produce, was recognized as a pioneer who helped transform avocados into a global staple through innovation in ripening, global sourcing and category development. Over more than four