Dave Flitman will become US Foods Holding Corp.'s CEO effective Jan. 5, 2023. Flitman will also be a member of the US Foods board of directors.

Awe Sum Organics started the 10th season of its organic Peruvian winter table grape program. The company helps to fill the winter organic fruit void with high-quality organic table grapes from early December, when the California grape season is finishing up, well into April.

Loading on both coasts during the winter months, Awe Sum Organics’ Peruvian table grapes offer customers a full and reliable supply.

Produce professionals from throughout the industry are gearing up for the New York Produce Show and Conference, which will take place Nov. 29 - Dec. 2. 

While the event will be a bit more somber this year due to the unexpected death of show founder Jim Prevor this month, the produce industry giant would have demanded the show go on, and the industry will honor his legacy. 

Nash Produce will be showcasing its locally grown North Carolina sweet potatoes at this year’s New York Produce Show, exhibiting at booth No. 435.

“We will be displaying varieties such as the purple Murasaki, the white Bonita, along with the orange Covington,” said Robin Narron, sales support and marketing director for the Nashville, NC-based company. “We will also be displaying our value-added packaging options that we have available.”

New York supermarket chain Morton Williams has become the newest member of Allegiance Retail Services, a leading retailer owned grocery co-op. Founded in 1952, Morton Williams Supermarkets is a family-owned-and-operated food retailer with 16 stores in the New York metropolitan area.

By all accounts it has been an extraordinary summer for vegetable producers with FOB prices on some items rising to levels never seen before, but Tony Incaviglia of GR Fresh expects a much more normal winter season as supply and demand get back in sync.