Dole Fresh Vegetables has enhanced its popular line of Dole FreshTakes Bowl Salads with three on-trend new flavors and proprietary new packaging that allows salad lovers to mix — and enjoy — their Dole fresh lettuces, toppings and dressings in the same bowl without spilling.

The salad kit leader has launched three new FreshTakes varieties featuring premium white-meat chicken to bring the total number of bowl salads in the line to nine. Prompted by positive retail and customer feedback, the single-serve, RTE salad bowl line rolled out nationally in May 2020 after a successful 2019 debut in the

Albertsons Cos. Foundation is awarding almost $14 million in grants from its Nourishing Neighbors community relief fund to local hunger-fighting organizations in areas their stores serve from coast to coast.

The grants include almost $4 million for 13 large grants to organizations across the United States as part of Nourishing Neighbors’ new innovation grant program, which awards grants up to $500,000 to organizations with innovative projects or new ideas for eradicating hunger.

“The Nourishing Neighbors Innovation Grants are for organizations that we believe can have a transformative impact

Early August saw both potatoes and onions from Hailey, ID-based ProSource off to good start to the season after favorable growing seasons and mild harvest weather.

ProSource Director of New Program Development Ralph Schwartz said during the week before Thanksgiving that Mother Nature had been kind overall, and while the year has been “a roller-coaster” thanks to COVID-19 and other issues, demand had been solid going into the holiday period. But, he added, demand then began to slack off somewhat as the late November day of thanks drew closer.

He said, “For potatoes in Idaho, we had both ideal

Produce industry veterans Dan Avakian (Dan The Produce Man) and Mark Ferro (Guido The Gardener) have revived their national radio show The Produce Pair as a podcast. The Produce Pair originally ran on more than 300 stations on the Talk America Radio network, and the Universal Talk Network from 1998 to 2005 as a Saturday morning lifestyle call-in show with guests including but not limited to, experts in the produce industry, cookbook authors, chefs and farmers, in order to promote the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables.  Avakian has stated on his website www.dantheproduceman.com, “My

Nearing a centennial anniversary in agricultural packaging, the team at Sambrailo has built a legacy in the industry known for service and being the pioneers of innovative packaging solutions.  Looking ahead into the new year, Sambrailo is expanding their services and product lines beyond berries.

Sambrailo’s Packaging Resource Management suite of services which expands across all fruit and vegetables categories will be offered; along with growing its leading sustainable product line, ReadyCycle.  So, why is Sambrailo spotlighting its suite of services now? It goes back to Bill Sambrailo’s

While many holiday celebrations will look different this year, Meijer continued its Very Merry Meijer tradition of surprising a customer in each of its supercenters and stores across the Midwest with a $1,000 Meijer shopping spree. Given the difficulties of this year, the retailer decided to expand its tradition to surprise 1,300 additional customers with $100 gift cards.

"We recognize that many holiday traditions may look different this year, which is why we believe it was more important than ever to uphold our Very Merry Meijer tradition," said Executive Chairman Hank Meijer. "Each year we