Tanimura & Antle promoted three key sales team members: Sybil Faulconbridge to director of national sales, Anthony Mazzuca to senior director of sales strategy and Thomas Wheelus to director of foodservice. These key promotions are a strategic step for the company to build a network of strong, calculated sales teams within the Tanimura & Antle sales department. 

Ocean Mist Farms is a grower-shipper that farms year-round in three ideal California growing regions — Castroville, Oxnard and Coachella, plus Baja, California. It features a wide variety of organic produce that is harvested and supplied to customers around the country, year-round.

In 2000, Ocean Mist Farms began cultivating organic artichokes. In 2015 the Ocean Mist Organic brand was introduced with a full line of fresh vegetables including leafy greens, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, fennel, herbs and spinach.

Placing an emphasis on its expanded product lines of greenhouse-grown peppers and cucumbers, NatureSweet has revamped its website with the help of digital agency 270B.  

“270B has impressed us since the first pitch, we have worked together on initiatives with Avocados From Mexico, and we can’t wait to see how we can bring our purpose to life on our website working together,” said Travis Laveault, senior digital manager at NatureSweet.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on Central Market of FL II Inc. in Sarasota, FL, for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.

Hy-Vee Inc. will host its Best of Local Brands Summit in September to expand and enhance the product offerings at its more than 285 retail stores in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Since the Best of Local Brands summits began in early 2021, more than 100 new brands have been selected and are available to Hy-Vee customers.

The summit will consist of 20-minute virtual interviews with selected suppliers and will take place Wednesday, Sept. 7 through Friday, Sept. 9.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators of the businesses from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.

The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry: