SAN FRANCISCO -- When it comes to working with retailers and wholesalers to bring new efficiencies to the distribution process, the meat industry is far behind other segments of the food industry.So says Kenneth Wagar...
ATLANTA -- Organic produce, long thought a lackluster category, is starting to shine in supermarket produce departments.Retailers say they don't expect organics to become a dominant player in the department, but do...
NEWARK, Del. -- Despite considerable growth in supermarket produce departments in recent years, the industry must continue to change the way it does business to increase demand, improve training and improve...
After years of rivalry and conflict, the leaders of the two major national trade associations for the produce industry say the groups are finding common ground.Long accused by industry leaders of duplicating efforts...
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The battle is heating up to market a tomato with the longest possible shelf life. The Flavr Savr tomato, the first genetically altered whole food to hit the U.S. market, is about to get some...
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's attorney general issued an arrest warrant earlier this month for Carlos Cabal Peniche, chairman of Del Monte Fresh Produce and a Mexican banker.Cabal is accused by Mexican authorities of...
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. here has hired Tim Cunniff as manager of trade relations and promotions, effective Oct. 3.For the last two years, Cunniff has been director of industry promotions for...
LOS ANGELES -- Produce suppliers and retailers doubled their efforts this year to promote increased consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables during the second annual 5-a-Day Produce Tasting Blitz, Sept. 15 to 18...
ACTON, Mass. -- Apples, especially in high season, can practically sell themselves. So why go crazy trying to promote them?Joe Lettery, known in the industry as the "world's greatest apple display man," is the one to...
LOS ANGELES -- California's Hispanic population, its fastest growing segment, is eating less and less produce each year.This has not only produce marketing implications, but health care implications too, state health...
