This year Nature Fresh Farms accepted the PC Fresh Product of the Year Award for its Ontario Greenhouse Mixiany Cherry Tomatoes.

Each  year  the  award  is  distributed  by  Loblaw  Cos. Ltd. to  one  of  its nominees. The criteria requires the product to be unique and stand alone as first to market in Canada, additionally, it must be a commercial success, that is, it needed to have generated further sales and profit, thus having a major impact on the category for the period.  The winner is determined by a ballot vote by colleagues of Loblaw Cos. Ltd., with the award being presented virtually

The Kroger Family of Cos. and Ocado announced the continued expansion of their partnership with plans to construct an additional Customer Fulfillment Center in the South region, while also collaborating with Ocado on in-store fulfilment capabilities with a planned rollout across Kroger stores, beginning in 2021.

"Kroger continues to accelerate the expansion of our national network to redefine the customer experience," said Gabriel Arreaga, Kroger's chief supply chain officer." Our partnership with Ocado is and will continue to be rooted in our ability to deliver a value-added customer-centric

McCartney Produce, a distributor of fresh produce and specialty food products, joined FreshEdge, a family of produce and specialty food companies, further diversifying the group’s combined customer base and increasing its breadth and depth of service offerings in the Midwest and  Southeast.  McCartney joins  a growing family that  includes  Get  Fresh,  Indianapolis  Fruit,  Piazza Produce & Specialty Foods, Garden Cut, CIBUS Fresh, and Papania’s.

“We are pleased to continue to build our family of ‘Best in Class’ fresh food distribution companies that are supported by our collection of

The short story is that markets this fall are looking up for the Nogales deal.

Alan Voll said that temperatures in Mexico in November had cooled significantly, slowing production to manageable levels and raising markets.

Voll, a salesman for Fresh Farms, said that life has not been so simple in Nogales if viewed from the beginning of the fall deal.

Generally, Nogales produce distributors target an early-October start date for their fall crop but much higher temperatures for consecutive weeks brought volumes on much faster.

At the same time, commercial growers in the southeastern United

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators of the businesses from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.

The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry:

• DGR Sales LLC

As more meals are eaten at home, Albertsons Cos. is lending the home cook a hand with the new flash-frozen Open Nature Savory Skillet Meals.

Open Nature Savory Skillet Meals are ready in minutes using just one pan. Featuring on-trend flavors, restaurant quality presentation and taste, the convenient meals use only high-quality natural ingredients that are free from antibiotics and artificial ingredients, flavors, or colors.

“Our culinary experts have created easy and delicious meal solutions that make all of dinnertime – from prep, to the meal, to cleanup – more enjoyable for everyone,” said