HelloFresh, a leading meal kit company, launched HelloFresh Market, an online store offering customers a range of add-ons, from quick meals to pantry essentials. The Market gives customers a way to get breakfast options, ready-to-heat meals or everyday items — such as fresh produce, snacks, desserts, sides, spice blends, grocery essentials, and more — delivered to their doorstep simply by adding them to their weekly HelloFresh order. The range of Market offerings will be rolling out to all customers across the U.S. over the coming months.

The introduction of the Market is part of HelloFresh’s

The Eastern Cantaloupe Growers Association, a leading food safety and advocacy group for Eastern cantaloupe growers, has teamed up with key food influencers to highlight the difference between cantaloupes grown during the balmy summers in the South and Midwest and those in the West.

Building on 2020’s successful Flavor of Sunshine campaign, ECGA turned to renowned influencers Colleen Redwood (@sprinklesofcocoa) and Haylie Abele (@ourbalancedbowl) to develop new recipes and share with their extensive audiences all that is great about Eastern cantaloupes. "Eastern cantaloupe growers recognize

United Natural Foods Inc. announced the appointment of J. Alexander (Sandy) Miller Douglas to the role of CEO and a member of its board of directors effective Aug. 9. Douglas is a proven, customer-focused, strategic leader who brings a broad background and expertise in distribution, sales, marketing, and e-commerce as the company’s new CEO. He was selected after an extensive search to replace Steven Spinner, who earlier announced his retirement as CEO and who will concurrently retire from the board, both effective Aug. 9. Spinner will continue to provide management and board advisory services

The latest Grower Spotlight from Eagle Eye Produce features Randy Bowns, an onion grower in eastern Oregon. Bowns is a recent addition to Eagle Eye's onion program with the newly formed partnership between it and Central Produce Distribution Inc. 

Four second-generation and five third-generation families work together full-time to make this family farm successful, and Bowns is a big part of it. He grew up on the farm and remembers happy childhood memories of farming with his dad and family.  Bowns is passionate about growing a good crop and seeing his hard work pay off every season.  This

Next Big Thing, a 60-member cooperative of commercial family growers, spread from Nova Scotia to Washington state, grows and markets managed varieties of apples, beginning with SweeTango.

Developed by the University of Minnesota and first introduced in 2009, the SweeTango is a premium apple variety that combines the Honeycrisp and Zestar! apple varieties.

“There are so many apples out there that you need to be a standout in the apple category and I truly believe the SweeTango is that special of a product,” said Jennifer L. Parkhill, executive director of Next Big Thing. “There’s something in

The Chilean Kiwifruit season is in full swing with export projections of 145,000 tons. Chile has shipped 76 percent of that (110,624 tons of kiwifruit worldwide) through Week 29.  North America is Chile’s second-largest export market, and demand has been consistently strong throughout the season.  Volume to North America has increased by 20 percent from 2020, with 19,439 tons shipped through Week 29.  

While Chilean kiwifruit is not new to the market, the Chilean Kiwifruit Committee launched its first U.S. marketing campaign just two years ago.  Following strong consumer and retail reception