Edward L. Myrick Produce has successful operations in Florida, Georgia and Michigan, working with chain stores and wholesalers all around the United States and Canada.

The Michigan facility in Benton Harbor has been around for several years now, and has helped the company succeed as a year-round supplier of fresh fruits and vegetables.

The company has enjoyed a strong 2024, with business booming in all areas of the company.

Hass avocados from Peru will be prime for selling to U.S. consumers in time for the 2024 backyard barbecue season. Customers of Index Fresh, a global avocado marketing and distribution company, can count on availability of the premium Peruvian harvest throughout summer with attractive fixed pricing available on fruit secured now as part of prebooked, season-long programs for retail and foodservice.

As brunch experiences a revival in cities across the U.S., Side Delights responds with cost-effective, healthy potato products and recipes for a social media-worthy meal for the morning or any time of day.

Evan Ehlers was a student at Drexel University in 2018 when he conjured up the idea of using his dining hall meal ticket to donate the food he wasn’t going to eat that semester to those in need.

“I would put the food in my car and drive around Center City Philadelphia handing it out,” he said, noting that it gave him a first-hand look at poverty. “For a lot of people, it was the only meal they were going to have that day.”

Thx! embraces the philosophy that most retailers and consumers want to do good, and according to recent research, shoppers favor retailers that are “doing good” the most — especially when it’s at little or no cost to them.

Recently at an apple warehouse in the Yakima Valley, I saw a woman driver pull in to pick up an order. It had been some time since I’d seen a woman driver, and I wondered how many women are in the industry. Some quick research showed that about 10 percent of all truckers are women, and in the produce industry, the number is a bit lower. I figured it’d be male dominated, but these numbers were a bit surprising to me.