Sid Wainer & Son is adding repack capabilities to its newly built manufacturing facility in Mattapoisett, MA. The technology will pack dried fruits and nuts to order, giving resellers a customized experience and a fresh, juicy, high-quality product.

Mark Hanks, DNE's vice president of sales, marketing and operations, announced that Scott George has recently joined the DNE World Fruit sales team.

If your customers love organic and love taking care of Mother Earth you're going to LOVE Red Sun Farms’ new sustainable, organic grape tomato packaging! 

Coast Citrus Distributors Inc., and its sister company, Coast Tropical, both in San Diego, are in the process of building a new warehouse facility in Northern California to better serve the San Francisco Bay area.

Dandrea Produce, headquartered in Vineland, NJ, is holding firmly to a vertically integrated business model that has proven successful for the company.

Frank Dandrea, president of the company, told The Produce News that its vertical integration model starts with seed and follows its products’ path all the way to the counter.

“We partner with only top-notch growers,” said Dandrea. “We plan, finance, and market the product. Some of our programs include start- and end-date pricing.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) introduced legislation to expand grant funding for the salad bar in schools program and Ken Holthouse, owner and partner of Doug Walcher Farms, said he hopes the bill “puts this thing on steroids.”