LAKELAND, Fla. -- One of the last bastions of packaged produce is finally going bulk.Publix Super Markets here is shifting the merchandising strategy in its produce departments to include more bulk produce -- a major...
MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Produce for Better Health Foundation is stepping up its efforts to bring in more members in a move to raise an additional $600,000 needed to meet its 1994 budget projections.At its recent...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association here has started a new effort to garner support for the fourth annual National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month in June.The association has recruited...
Fruit is lagging behind vegetables in the fresh-cut marathon in the supermarket produce department. As retailers rush to expand their selections of salad mixes and precut vegetables to capitalize on the growing demand...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Drought is once again knocking on the doors of California farmers, who provide the nation's supermarkets with more than half of their produce.A year after record rainfall put an end to a seven...
ALBANY, Calif. -- Extensive research went into the prepared food offerings at the remodeled San Francisco unit of Andronico's Parkand Shop."It took seven months of trial and error to make a prebaked crust that makes a...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The produce industry has made an 11th-hour request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an extension of the May 8 deadline for complying with part of the new wax labeling regulation.The part...
ALBANY, Calif. -- The food-service department of Andronico's Park and Shop here has had a chance to spread its wings in the retailer's newly remodeled, store in San Francisco.Andronico's, a five-unit independent, has...
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Due to an insufficient number of responses to an industry survey, a special report on the state of the booming fresh-cut produce industry has been postponed until mid-May.The report was...
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- Fresh foods are taking over at Petrini Markets here.In a move to redefine its image, Petrini's is dumping many of its nonfood lines to make way for more fresh and upscale foods.The company, which...