Food Lion has invested $212.5 million to remodel 112 stores across Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, giving customers an expanded variety of new products and services and an easier shopping experience, all at the same everyday low prices.

The retailer has hired more than 2,300 associates to serve their neighbors, and according to an economic impact study done by Towson University’s Regional Economic Studies Institute, will generate $360 million in economic impact across the 112 Mid-Atlantic towns and cities these Food Lion stores serve. In addition to the added

Dole Food Co., a leader in top-quality fresh produce, announced that Timothy Escamilla has been promoted to president of Dole Fresh Vegetables.

As division president, Escamilla will be tasked with leveraging his more than 25 years of senior-level agricultural industry and operations experience at Dole and other produce organizations, to develop and implement a forward-looking strategic plan for sustainable growth and create a shared vision and culture for continued financial success.

Escamilla will be taking over for Michael Solomon who will be departing Dole. Over his tenure Solomon has

Ark Foods has set out to challenge what grocery shoppers think when they hear “Bell peppers.” Customers who reach for the popular red, yellow, and green varieties in their produce aisle have a new eye-catching, farmers market version to love: the Purple Bell pepper.

Grown originally for Whole Foods Market Florida, the Purple Bell’s vibrant, glossy exterior naturally sets itself apart, while offering the familiar crunch and sweet flavor of traditional Bell peppers. It’s the ideal vegetable to shake up snacking, stir-frys, and veggie-centric recipes with it’s unexpected violet hue.

With no

Kurt Zuhlke has participated in the New York Produce Show every year since the event began, and while the 2020 virtual edition of the show is certain to be different, he is still aiming to make the experience productive.

“We probably will make some new contacts, but this is all new, we haven’t had any real experience with it, so we don’t know exactly what’s going to happen,” said Zuhlke, president of Kurt Zuhlke & Associates Inc., also known as ProducePackaging.com. “We’re going to participate in it, but we can’t make a determination if it’s going to be successful or not until it’s over.”

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A coordinated strategy of aggressive retail push and consumer pull activities has already driven sales of 2020-crop SweeTango apples to the top of the charts this season, growers of the managed variety report. And given the exceptional quality of this year’s SweeTango crop, they are urging retailers to get on board now for a strong season finish.

According to Nielsen scan data, SweeTango is among the top three managed apple varieties this season, notable for a variety that is still seasonal. Growers and packers with the Next Big Thing, A Growers Cooperative pointed to this year’s fruit

TMK Produce has called the Philadelphia Wholesale Market home for decades and operates out of a 2,000 pallet facility offering some of the finest produce available in the world.

Tom Kovacevich, president and chief operating officer of the Philadelphia-based company, credits a big part of TMK Produce’s success with the market itself, calling it a vital source for produce and containing a great group of companies who work together and try to help everyone to make sure everyone is getting the product they need.

That camaraderie has helped just about everyone in the market stay strong