One year ago in the midst of Sumo Citrus season, the COVID-19 shutdown began across the United States. Today, as the nationwide distribution of vaccines continues to ramp up, AC Brands wanted to make sure that its employees and the surrounding community — many of whom support the Central Valley citrus and table grape industry — had access to the vaccine. “Here we are, halfway through another busy season, yet the team worked tirelessly to execute a 10-day, 2,144-dose vaccine rollout at our facilities beginning on March 5,” said Vincent Sorena, vice president of farming.

The COVID task force

United Fresh’s sixth annual BrandStorm event took place virtually this year March 9-11. The annual gathering of the industry’s top and aspiring marketing experts explored new strategies and tactics, provided solutions to shared marketing challenges and created camaraderie as the industry worked together to grow fresh produce consumption.

Weis Markets has promoted Greg Zeh to senior vice president, chief information officer.

Zeh joined Weis Markets as vice president/CIO in 2016. Since then, he has overseen the reorganization of its Information Technology department at a time of significant growth. He also led the development and implementation of IT solutions which generated business value and engaging customer experiences while overseeing the management of technology risks.

Zeh will continue to oversee the day-to-day activities of the company’s Information Technology team, while adding new responsibilities for enterprise

It will certainly be a lucky St. Patrick’s Day for many as the Texas International Association announced that due to extraordinary interest in this year’s sold-out Viva Fresh Golf Open they have secured a second course to accommodate expo attendees.

The Cowboys Golf Club is an 18-hole course and has been sold out since January, but since then a large waiting list had formed. In response to the substantial demand, Viva Fresh will host an additional tournament at the Bear Creek Golf Course, one of the “10 Great Places to Golf,” according to The Wall Street Journal and among the “Top 50 Resort

When Ron Dandrea, a 30-plus-year veteran of the produce industry, died last April 11 after a battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 57, his family and friends were not able to give him the proper memorial he deserved.

In lieu of a traditional funeral, the family of Mr. Dandrea is extending an invitation to a day of remembrance of a celebration of life on Sunday, April 11 at noon at St. Augustine Prep., in Richland, NJ.

“He passed away at the peak of the pandemic, and we were unable to have a traditional ceremony or funeral because of that,” said his daughter Ali Dandrea, who continues

With the Tampico district in Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas ramping up onion production, Utah-based Onions 52 has moved into a time frame in which it can offer its customers plenty of options.

“March through June are some of the most exciting months for Onions 52,” said Clay Jones, who is director of retail sales for the onion specialist. “This is one of the few timeframes when we have multiple growing areas in production. This is a distinct competitive advantage strategy for Onions 52 to maintain and diversify supply.”

He noted that Mexico kicked off its shipments in