In July of 2022, Sunrise Logistics warehouse expansion of 135,000 square feet in Ephrata, PA, went fully live. Since then, the company has seen substantial growth from both existing customers and in the development of new third-party users.

Chris Bohn, senior business development manager for Sunrise, which is under the umbrella of the Four Seasons Family of Cos., said the company is already focusing its sales effort on strategic partners with a year-round program as the capacity is filling up. “We don’t have the next expansion on the drawing board yet, but we are joking about the need to do

The weather is starting to warm up and I am looking forward to natural vitamin D from the sunshine, cookouts, beach trips and enjoying lazy summer evenings.

From a digital marketing viewpoint, I’ve already skipped over summer and am planning for back- to-school. This planning is in full force, but the groundwork was actually set last November. Right now, in May, I’m identifying trends and predictions for the upcoming back-to-school season, known annually to impact billions of consumers in a big way.

According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), families with children in elementary

Bushel Boy Farms, best known for its flavorful greenhouse tomatoes, is now also growing and selling strawberries and cucumbers. By using hydroponic growing technology, the company can produce fresh, local vegetables and fruits all year long, despite the extreme range of Midwest temperatures. The new products are part of a big expansion at the company, which was purchased in 2018 by Minnesota-based Rahr Corp.

Tomatoes still account for the majority of Bushel Boy’s sales. “We hand-pick and package more than 60,000 pounds of tomatoes every day,” said Chuck Tryon, Bushel Boy’s president. More

What if there was an application that could instantly inform you — with actionable data — about the entire operation of each produce department in real time? What if the program gave you alert signs of a possible crisis before it occurs? What if it could help lower your shrink rate up to 2 percent and place that savings onto your gross profit?

Would you want that application? I would.

There once were days when everyone used a pencil, paper, typewriter and comptometer to figure out the produce gross profit. The produce shrinkage numbers were always a guessing game or just left as an unknown.

In April, Whole Foods announced that it was shutting — temporarily for now — a brand new and quite expensive flagship store in downtown San Francisco just a year after it opened the unit to much fanfare.

At about the same time, Walmart announced that it was closing four stores in Chicago, all of them in working- and lower-class neighborhoods of the Windy City. Target got onboard earlier, announcing it was closing units in the Minneapolis and Philadelphia as well as the Washington DC, suburbs.

Other retailers, like Whole Foods, Walmart and Target, that successfully handled the COVID-19

US Foods Holding Corp. will open new US Foods CHEF’STORE locations in Roanoke, VA, Greenville, NC, and Fayetteville, NC. All three locations are expected to open in late fall 2023. Known for outstanding service, convenience and a large selection of competitively priced restaurant-quality products and supplies, CHEF’STORE offers a one-stop-shop for restaurant operators, food industry professionals, community groups and at-home chefs to quickly stock up or replenish ingredients and supplies by the case and in individual quantities.

The upcoming warehouse format stores will range between 20,000