Local Bounti has launched a chef-inspired Asian Style Chicken Lettuce Wrap Kit, a restaurant-quality meal solution that is prepared at home in about five minutes, at 194 Sprouts Farmers Markets locations in California and Arizona.

Wakefern Food Corp. announced an Own Brands Supplier Diversity Summit. The latest summit is an open call to diverse private label manufacturers to source food and beverage products for potential addition to Wakefern’s award-winning Bowl & Basket and Wholesome Pantry store brands portfolio.

Dandy Celery is hosting its seventh annual Dip It 2 Win It sweepstakes running now through Feb. 10. It is offering participants a chance to win by entering the sweepstakes on its website and also sharing watch party recipes with celery leading up to the big game.

Joe Mollner has been named vice president of operations for Nunes Vegetables Inc.

Since starting in the industry with Harvest Management LLC in 2005, Mollner has worked in all aspects of harvesting, becoming its vice president of operations in 2014.

DENVER — The National Potato Council’s annual Potato Expo was a rousing success, drawing more than 1,800 attendees to Denver for the two-day event Jan. 4-5. In addition to a sold-out show floor, where 176 exhibitors featured everything from packaging solutions to fertilizers and equipment, the expo included a heavy dose of fun, with culinary competitions that included industry members and high-profile Food Network personalities.

The typical post-holiday decline in demand has resulted in an almost-across-the-board drop in FOB prices on western vegetables, but cold weather and a seemingly unending string of storms has kept some prices at a relatively high level this month.

“Celery is still in the mid-$50s,” said Adam Sides of Boskovich Farms in Oxnard, CA, noting that demand dropped off as expected right after the holiday, but cooler temperatures and heavy rains have limited supply and kept the market strong.