The board of directors of Big Y Foods Inc. announced the promotion of the following third-generation D’Amour family members: Colin M. D’Amour has been named senior director of Big Y Express Gas & Convenience Stores division, and Christian P. D’Amour is director of e-commerce. Both appointments represent new and expanding divisions within the company. Both D’Amours report to Richard D. Bossie, senior vice president of operations and customer experience.

Christian is responsible for Big Y’s e-Commerce platform. This platform currently includes relationships with Instacart for grocery home

The Organic Produce Network has released its inaugural State of Organic Produce, a comprehensive overview of how the industry performed last year, including data and analysis of retail sales of organic fresh produce.
 
The newly published report includes information related to:

• The year-over-year growth of organic fresh produce compared to conventional
• Region-specific organic produce performance
• The top 10 organic produce items (in both sales and volume)
• The percentage change in year-over-year monthly produce sales for both conventional and organic

Additionally, the report contains

Living Greens Farm, a vertical, indoor aeroponic farm that provides year-round fresh salads, salad kits, microgreens and herbs, announced the addition of significant new retail distribution of its products in the upper Midwest to independent, specialty, and co-op retailers.

Starting this month, LGF’s full line of products featuring ready-to-eat bagged salad products (Caesar Salad Kit, Southwest Salad Kit, Harvest Salad Kit, Chopped Romaine, and Chopped Butter Lettuce) will be carried by UNFI Produce Prescott (formerly Alberts Fresh Produce). UNFI Produce Prescott is a division of UNFI, which

The U.S. Apple Association announced its class of 2021 Young Apple Leaders. Fifteen accomplished and aspiring young women and men were selected by the organization to join with, and learn from, USApple leaders and mentors throughout the year.
 
The 2021 Young Apple Leaders are:

• Ben Bresler, Packaging Corporation of America, Towson, MD
• Bryce Bauman, Bauman Orchards Inc., Rittman, OH
• David Brugato, Pacific Coast Fruit Co. Portland, OR
• Carole Coburn, AgroFresh, Grand Rapids, MI
• Matt Dykstra, Riverridge Produce Marketing, Sparta, MI
• Kyle Eggers, TreeTop, Selah, WA
• Sonia Estrada, Bear

Committed to providing access to sustainable nutrition for 1 billion people and moving towards zero processed sugar in all products by 2025, Dole Packaged Foods LLC took its efforts to raise awareness to new heights with Malnutrition Labels.  An experiential initiative designed to spark conversation and action around these imperative global issues, the activation sheds light on the gaps in nutrition access, affordability and acceptability.

Inspired by the trusted and universally known nutrition label, the Dole initiative is designed to call attention to malnutrition and food insecurity. The

ALDI will continue its coast-to-coast expansion with new stores, its 26th regional headquarters and distribution center and expanded eCommerce offerings. The retailer will open approximately 100 new locations nationwide in 2021, with a focus on Arizona, California, Florida and the Northeast.

As part of its continued mission to offer customers convenience in how and when they shop, ALDI will further expand its eCommerce offering throughout 2021. The company will add Curbside Grocery Pickup service to 500 additional stores by the end of the year, bringing the total number of curbside locations