Applewood Fresh, a premier produce brand and fourth-generation grower-packer-shipper-marketer of Michigan-grown apples is counting down the days to the start of its flavorful harvest, with Rave and SweeTango leading the way.

Outrageously juicy with a refreshing snappy zing, Rave apples are part Honeycrisp and part MonArk. They have that infamous Honeycrisp bite, but harvest a few weeks earlier than other apple varieties. MN55 cultivar apples were bred naturally through traditional cross-pollination methods by David Bedford at the University of Minnesota’s apple-breeding program. The company

ALDI is hiring more than 20,000 new store and warehouse employees to support its continued growth across the country and prepare for the busy holiday season. Available positions include store associate, cashier, stocker and warehouse associate at the grocery retailer’s more than 2,100 stores and 25 warehouses across the country. ALDI will host a National Hiring Week Sept. 20-24, during which stores and warehouses will have interview events to fill available positions.

Known for its competitive pay, ALDI now offers even higher wages, having recently increased pay for store and warehouse

Rave brand MN55 cultivar apples are back in season and with that not only comes high-quality, outrageously juicy apples, but another exciting consumer-facing digital campaign designed to help consumers win gold.

Inspired by Ronald Dahl’s fictional character Willy Wonka and the search for golden tickets, the Golden Raves campaign is an all-digital campaign that encourages consumers to scratch a digital Rave-themed ticket for a chance to win. Brianna Shales, Stemilt marketing director, feels the theme of this campaign is the perfect way to bring back a story that many find themselves fond of

Kristyn Lawson, president of PSM, announced a new way to spotlight brands and provide insights with a delightful and informative short video digital series called Ding Dong! This new micro-video series puts a spotlight on delicious varietals, health and wellness, produce trends, product insights and emotional deposits around produce and brands that feature an agriculture element to drive interest and awareness.

The Ding Dong! series was inspired by today’s business landscape. With an increased number of box shipments arriving on doorsteps across America, Ding Dong! gives an added opportunity

Mucci Farms hired retail supermarket executive Dan Branson in the role of senior director of business and product development.  A third-generation produce professional, Branson joins Mucci Farms after a notable 15-year stop at Canada’s largest grocery chain, Loblaw Cos. Ltd.  Starting in procurement and merchandising category management, Branson’s career is highlighted by his role as senior director with the Loblaw Brands team that oversaw branding, innovation, and overall strategy.  

Branson is well known in the produce industry as a respected thought leader that places a high degree of

For all the talk about how consumers would rush back to pre-pandemic lifestyles once the acute health crisis waned over the summer, many behaviors and habits have stuck. The emergence of COVID-19 variants has also kept the home fires burning, so to speak.

According to research from Chicago-based IRI, an average of 80 percent of consumers make and eat foods in the home, compared to 48 percent in 2019. FMI’s 2021 U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends finds 81 percent of grocery shoppers expect they’ll eat meals with others at least the same (42 percent) as, if not more (39 percent) than during the