WP Rawl, a grower, processor and shipper of leafy greens, honored service members both past and present this holiday season.

In November, the company celebrated over 25 veteran team members with a patriotic themed Veterans Day lunch celebration. The team members were greeted by WP Rawl family members and leadership. During the lunch, each veteran was presented the opportunity to discuss their time served, what branch they served and length of service. The highlight of the event was hearing stories from the veterans’ years enlisted. 

“It was an honor to celebrate WP Rawl team members at our

US Foods Holding Corp. will donate $30,000, the equivalent of nearly 300,000 meals, to Feeding America as part of its Giving Gratitude holiday campaign, a month-long effort dedicated to supporting communities struggling with food insecurity. The campaign supports the company’s ongoing commitment to fighting hunger through product donations, monetary contributions and volunteer activities.

In 2021, US Foods donated more than $20 million in product and supplies to food banks across the country to help fight hunger in local communities, the equivalent of more than 12 million pounds of food and

Healthy Family Project will close out 2021 with $250,000 raised through retail and digital cause marketing programs adding to the total $7 million raised for charities that benefit families and children. Charities receiving funding in 2021 include Feeding America, Our Military Kids and Fresh Produce Foundation (formerly United Fresh Start Foundation).

“When I founded Produce for Kids, now Healthy Family Project, in 2002, I had a vision that our industry would impact those in need in a big way,” said John Shuman, founder Healthy Family Project and president Shuman Farms. “Our programs have

DoorDash has partnered with with Southeastern Grocers Inc., parent company of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie stores, and and Lowes Foods, one of the nation’s top regional grocers based in the Carolinas.

The Southeastern Grocers partnership will offer on-demand grocery delivery from more than 400 stores throughout Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. DoorDash and Lowes Foods will offer on-demand grocery delivery from more than 70 store locations across North and South Carolina.
 
“As consumers continue to crave speed and convenience with their grocery

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against Ayar Produce NY Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The company, operating from NewYork, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 14 produce sellers in the amount of $720,226 from February 2020 through September 2020.

Ayar Produce NY Inc. will have an opportunity to request a hearing. Should USDA find that the company committed repeated and flagrant violations, it would be barred from the produce industry as a licensee for three years, or two years with the posting of a

Pear Bureau Northwest celebrates 90 years of fruitful collaboration with Washington and Oregon fresh pear growers to drive demand for Northwest pears. Washington and Oregon pear growers fund the bureau through a federal marketing order, the oldest of its kind. In 1931, the newly created Oregon-Washington Pear Bureau began its first promotion program in the fall with an approved $15,000 budget to market that season’s 2.1 million boxes of winter pears. On Dec. 4, 1931 it was official when growers filed articles of incorporation in Washington.

Ninety years later, Pear Bureau Northwest represents