The Fresh Market is rolling out the green carpet for its Curbside Pickup guests. Key components of the program include having designated The Fresh Market Personal Shoppers to ensure quality and freshness, managers who double check and verify every order with their personal signatures handed to each curbside guest, fast and efficient delivery to the car, along with 100 percent satisfaction guaranteed on every item in the curbside basket.

Rated as one of the top five supermarkets offering the best customer service by Newsweek/Statista, the specialty grocer’s focus on service continues with the

The umbrella of CMI Orchards’ owners and partners are leading the industry with their use of cutting-edge technology from the orchard to packing facilities. Adopted innovation delivers efficiency increases, enhancements to freshness and consistency in quality, and an ability to stay relevant at retail.

“A big focus at CMI Orchards is to strategically forecast marketplace dynamics 10 years from now. This helps us to really understand how technology can be leveraged to help our growers produce the very best fruit possible in the most efficient manner to meet anticipated consumer demands,” said

Fruit World, a family-owned, flavor-focused grower-shipper of organic and conventional fruit, is reporting an exceptional citrus growing season, including a variety of specialty citrus. The season’s varieties include conventional and organic mandarins, as well as organic Cara Cara, Blood, and Navel oranges, organic Minneolas, and their year-round mainstay, organic lemons. They are also pleased to announce the transition of even more acreage towards organic certification.

"We’re in mandarin season now through May, with our highest volumes in early spring. Our Stem & Leaf Mandarins are now

United Fresh Produce Association announced the Class Two Fellows of the Produce Safety Immersion Program, sponsored by Renaissance Food Group at the gold level and Ecolab as a silver sponsor. The 12 fellows will begin their journey virtually during a kickoff meeting later this month.

“We’re thrilled to welcome class two of the Produce Safety Immersion Program as they begin their journey as produce safety professionals,” said Jennifer McEntire, vice president of food safety at United Fresh. “We successfully adapted class one’s program and are excited to take what we learned to   effectively

One question brought about Walmart's new delivery pilot: what if we could conveniently deliver fresh groceries to a customer’s front door any time of the day, whether they’re home or not? That’s what the company will be exploring in its new pilot with HomeValet.

Beginning this spring, participating customers in Bentonville, AR, will be able to receive deliveries from their local Walmart directly into a temperature-controlled HomeValet-powered smart box placed outside their home. This gives customers the ability to receive secure, contactless deliveries with the peace of mind knowing their

Fresh Directions put a spotlight on the love for avocados with new branding on its lineup of high-quality tropical avocados under the Luv brand. The Carla avocado is adored for its buttery texture and fresh flavor experience.

With a distinctive round shape and emerald green skin, the Carla complements avocado category sales with consumers delighted by the delicious experience.

Carla avocados imported by Fresh Directions International feature a new large signature heart-shaped PLU code sticker in a vibrant Caribbean blue color, which represents the geographical location of the area and