On March 31 a structure fire significantly damaged a large portion of some of the largest fresh onion packing facilities in south Texas.

“Last night a massive fire overtook our onion packing facility," Rio Fresh Inc. said in a statement. "Our family and team are devastated over our loss, but we remain thankful.

Fresh Express Inc. announced the addition of two key managers to its corporate food safety and quality team. The new additions underscore the company’s continuing commitment to food-safety excellence and to ensuring the highest levels of product integrity, according to John Gurrisi, vice president of food safety and quality.

The genesis of Red Sun Farms comes from the mutual vision and passion of groups in Mexico and Canada that were committed to selling the very best high-tech greenhouse peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers. That dream resulted in farms in the U.S., Mexico and Canada with distribution centers throughout to support the demand.

BJ's Wholesale Club, a leading operator of membership warehouse clubs in the eastern United States, announced the chainwide rollout of Same-Day Select, a membership add-on to its same-day delivery service.

BJ’s Same-Day Select service is an upgrade option for BJ’s Wholesale Club members, allowing them to pay a one-time fee upfront for either unlimited or a set number of same-day grocery deliveries, delivered in as little as two hours. The chainwide launch follows the successful testing of the program over the last six months.

If the March 30 International Fresh Produce Association Town Hall on the European Union’s Green Deal is a good gauge, it appears that the produce industry in Europe is embracing the concept of a more sustainable future and moving in that direction in a deliberate fashion.

Consalo Family Farms and its distribution side, The Fresh Wave, is looking to big things ahead in 2022.

On the heels of last year’s expansion, which allowed for more than 1,000 pallets a day moving through the facility, the company welcomes 2022 with more growth.