Crystal Valley Foods has finalized the acquisition of additional bays on the Los Angeles Wholesale Terminal Market, adjacent to its current location.  This expansion has doubled the facility’s space, creating additional cold storage capacity and room for increased inventory and products.

In order to truly be bicoastal and to help with its nationwide distribution, Crystal Valley opened Crystal Valley West in 2012. Located on the Los Angeles Wholesale Terminal Market, this additional receiving and shipping facility allows Crystal Valley customers located on the West Coast of the country to have

The New England Produce Council has announced a date change for its annual dinner dance gala, due to the spike in COVID-19 cases.

The gala, previously set for Feb. 5, will now take place on Saturday, March 26. The venue remains the same: the InterContinental Hotel in Boston.

"Our priority is keeping our members and guests as safe as possible," said NEPC Executive Director Laura Sullivan.

With that in mind, another change is that anyone going to the gala will now need to be vaccinated.

On Dec. 20, 2021, the city of Boston announced that effective Jan. 15, 2022, proof of vaccination against

This April, Produce for Better Health Foundation will reconvene produce industry stakeholders, food system leaders and top-tier consumer influencers for their annual Consumer Connection Conference, last held in person in 2019. The 2022 event will take place April 18-20 at the Omni Resort & Spa at Montelucia in Scottsdale, AZ. 

“We’re looking forward to gathering our community safely in-person this spring for this powerful business event,” said Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, president and CEO of Produce for Better Health Foundation. “Consumption behaviors have changed drastically over the course of

Whether it be weather, supply chain issues or low yields, it was another week of high prices in the produce industry.

Lime prices went from $28 to $61/carton in seven days and are now more than double compared to any January over the past 10 years, according to ProduceIQ.

Squash is up as Mexican growing regions shift southward for the mid-winter crop. Historically, squash prices rise the first few weeks of each year and fall into February as Mexican production picks up. This year's production is being slowed down by rain in Mexico and cool weather in Florida. As a result, ProduceIQ expects

Instacart launched Ready Meals, a fresh, health-focused and cost-effective alternative to restaurant takeout from customers’ favorite grocers. With Ready Meals, consumers nationwide can now take a break from cooking and instead get fresh, ready-made meals delivered from the store to their door in as fast as 30 minutes.

Customers can shop hundreds of meals via the Ready Meals Hub in the Instacart App, a new in-app destination featuring prepared foods from grocers like Publix, Giant, Food Lion, Hannaford, Stop & Shop, Martin’s and Kroger. In the coming weeks, ready-made meals from ShopRite will

GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Terra Exports, a Las Vegas-based company that distributes fresh produce to and from over 65 countries around the world, while handling a very diverse commodity produce portfolio.

Founded in 2012 by Nils Goldschmidt, Terra Exports is a global fresh produce company that imports and exports fresh fruits and vegetables across 65-plus countries, with team members physically located in 13 of these. In addition, Terra has been featured four times on the INC 5000's list of fastest growing U.S. private companies, coming in at 1,086 in 2021. Its tremendous