BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. announced that the company’s Board of Directors has appointed Bob Eddy as president and CEO. Eddy joined the company in 2007 and was named interim CEO in April 2021 following the death of Lee Delaney. He will assume day-to-day leadership of the company and will also join BJ’s Board of Directors.

Laura Felice, currently senior vice president, controller, has been appointed executive vice president, chief financial officer and replaces Eddy in this role. The company also announced additional appointments to further strengthen its management team and accelerate

After most of the 2020-21 winter saw big volumes of avocados on the market and relatively low f.o.b. prices, spring has brought a slight easing on the volume, which has been accompanied by very strong pricing. The run-up to the always-avocado-centric Cinco de Mayo, which is a feasting holiday in the United States celebrating Mexico’s history, has seen good volume and solid f.o.b. prices that are not expected to abate in the foreseeable future.

“We have a very strong market in the upper $40s,” Rob Wedin, executive vice president of sales for Calavo Growers Inc. in Santa Paula, CA, said in mid

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association held its 95th Convention and Trade Show, Fresh Week, last week April 12-16. CPMA’s Trade Show is the largest fresh produce event in Canada. While this was CPMA’s first-ever virtual show, the event attracted attendance of almost 2,900 attendees from 42 countries.

“One of the benefits of a virtual show is the opportunity to provide extensive education,” said CPMA President Ron Lemaire. “All of our speaker sessions were well attended and had high audience engagement.”

This year’s event highlighted the theme: Industry Connections, Reimagined. In

Chelan Fresh, Gebbers Farms and Apple House Warehouse & Storage Inc. made a donation for families in rural Washington. The Church of Christ building located at 128 Independence Street in Pateros, WA, will soon be purchased and renovated for a new child care and learning center. During a ceremony, the companies presented the Pateros Treehouse Early Education Organization with a check in the exact amount of $110,000. The companies made the donation after learning about the area’s extreme daycare shortage and the organization’s effort to help families.

The Pateros Treehouse Early Education

Ocean Mist Farms, a leading grower and marketer of fresh artichokes in the U.S., announced the launch of its annual spring promotion elevating the health and nutrition of its famous Gold Standard artichokes. Ocean Mist Farms is building on the 24.7 million consumer impressions achieved with the Gold Standard promotion over the last two years — proving there is an audience ready for artichoke engagement and information sharing.

With this promotion, Ocean Mist Farms will highlight their artichoke expertise to assure their trade partners are aware of what goes into the Gold Standard

Starting April 26, Cal-Organic Farms, one of the nation’s largest producer of organic vegetables, will start shipping freshly harvested, new crop red and gold potatoes to customers from its facility in Lamont, CA. The company’s organic rainbow fingerling variety is set to ship mid-May and organic russets will follow in mid-June.

A division of Grimmway Farms, Cal-Organic is one of the first producers to offer new crop organic potatoes this season. The company is currently harvesting reds and golds in the Coachella Valley and will transition to harvest its complete portfolio of organic potatoes