Del Rey Avocado is based in Fallbrook, CA, but has a significant presence in the northeast, with its East Coast distribution center in Vineland, NJ, and many retail and foodservice customers in the region.

The New York Produce Show allows the company to pack in a lot of activities in a few days, starting with connections on the expo floor, where Del Rey Avocado has exhibited since the event’s second year.

Weis Markets has promoted Doug Becker to vice president of fresh merchandising and Angela Charnosky to vice president of enterprise services.

Adam Cooney and Johnny Kampes have joined Avondale, PA-based To-Jo Mushrooms, a company that coins itself as an innovative leader in the mushroom farming and produce industry.

Cooney joined the company in early November as the director of sales and marketing and Kampes joined the team more than three months ago as the national account manager.

Masser Family of Cos. will exhibit at the New York Produce Show at the Javitz Center Dec. 10-12. The Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers will jointly be represented in booth No. 209. The collaborative efforts will showcase Pennsylvania’s vast array of potato offerings.

Pure Green announced a new smoothie in collaboration with POM Wonderful, the No. 1 selling 100 percent pomegranate juice in North America: The POM Glow Smoothie.

Carrot supplies from California look to remain on the tight side for the near term as harvests transition to the Bakersfield region of Central California. This region received very warm temperatures with over two months of temperatures above 100 degrees during the planting and early growth stage.