Voilà has expanded its e-commerce offering to Alberta, with the launch of Voilà by Safeway Curbside Pickup. Now available at three Safeway store locations in Calgary and one in Edmonton, the new service will expand to multiple Safeway locations across Alberta in the coming months.

Voilà by Safeway Curbside Pickup offers a freshness guarantee and products at affordable prices with no hidden fees. Orders are assembled with care by Voilà teammates and delivered directly to customers’ cars to provide a contactless experience. Local customers can order online at Voilà.ca or by downloading the

April 2021 marks the 58th anniversary of Coliman Group. Custodio Aguilar founded Coliman as a family farming business in 1963, and it remains owned and managed by family.

According to the firm, Coliman Group is Mexico’s leading organic banana exporter, shipping all over the world, mainly to North America, Europe and Asia.  Coliman is one of the main organic banana players in America.

“One of our goals this year is to obtain organic certification according to the Chinese standard. Now there is a protocol for the export of bananas from Mexico to China, we are looking forward to exploring this

Miami-based Generation Farms and Delray Beach, FL-based Fresh Start Produce Sales Co. have formed a partnership to market and distribute Generation's national onion program. Generation Farms' Vidalia operations grow, pack and ship year-round production of both domestic and foreign onions, including the famous Vidalia sweet onion as well as a full color onion program.

“In following our vision here at Generation Farms of continuing to build our position in the produce industry as a world-class, year-round provider," said Santos Hollmann, chief operating officer of Generation Farms. "We are

Today Kroger's leadership team unveiled three core elements of its strategy moving forward: grow sales and share by leading with fresh food; increase profitability by accelerating with digital, which is now a growth engine; and widen and deepen the competitive moats that will generate customer loyalty and market share gains – Seamless, Personalization, Fresh, and Our Brands.

"Kroger continues to deliver for customers through our seamless ecosystem and relentless focus on freshness, value and convenience," said Rodney McMullen, Kroger's chairman and CEO. "Building upon the foundation

Apeel announced an expanded partnership network made up of more than 20 avocado industry leaders using Apeel’s plant-based protection in the United States, Latin America and Europe. New partners join Apeel's current global network to provide year-round supply, longer-lasting external and internal quality, and quantifiable sustainability benefits to supply chain stakeholders. In 2020 alone, avocado suppliers using Apeel made a measurable dent in the $2.6 trillion global food waste crisis by preventing at least 5 million avocados from going to waste, with much greater impacts to come in 2021 as

The bulk of Mexico’s table grape deal is to run from the first week of May until mid-July, according to the Sonora Grape Growers Association (AALPUM).  The group announced its 2021 grape estimate in a Zoom meeting late on March 30. 

Marcos Camou, AALPUM association president, Juan Laborin, AALPUM general manager, and John Pandol, FPAA grape division chairman, presented the crop estimate.

AALPUM predicted Sonora will have promotable volumes of early green grapes by May 24-30, which is week 21.  Early green promotable volumes will remain in the market until week 24, which is June 24-20.

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