By sharing best practices across all of Ahold Delhaize brands, the company looks for divisions to support each other to keep ahead of the competition. One example is the successful implementation of a pilot program that sees the positive effects of dry misting on fresh produce.

TUBAC, AZ — The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas announced new and returning board members during its recent convention. Leonardo Tarriba began the second year of his two-year term as chairman while Chairman-Elect Rod Sbragia from Tricar Sales and Past Chair Scott Vandervoet from Vandervoet & Associates have one year remaining in their positions. 

The following six distributors were re-elected to a two-year term for 2021-23:

Rio Rico, AZ — SunFed was seeing high demand for its cantaloupes in early November, while its fall vegetable deal was getting off to a slightly late start due to wet weather early in the season.

FreshEdge, a family of produce and specialty food companies backed by Rotunda Capital Partners, acquired Monteverde’s, a fresh produce distributor located near Pittsburgh. Monteverde’s operates out of a 61,500-square-foot facility.

Anthony (Buddy) Brago of Robert J. Ferrari Inc., a broker, grower and shipper of fresh produce located in Vineland, NJ, died Nov. 21 at Inspira Medical Center in Vineland. He was 63 years old and had pancreatic cancer.

Brothers International Food LLC, based in Rochester, NY, acquired Dennick FruitSource, based in Tampa, FL. The combination of Brothers and Dennick will allow these two leading B2B ingredients companies to significantly expand and diversify their combined customer base and global supplier network.