Weis Markets announced Richard Gunn has joined the company as senior vice president of merchandising and marketing. In this position, he will oversee the company’s fresh and center store merchandising, sales and procurement, marketing and advertising.

An early spring in Washington state will equate to the earliest start on record for Stemilt Growers and its premium organic apricot program.

Stemilt, Washington’s leading apricot grower and shipper, will begin apricot harvest on June 10, around two weeks earlier than normal.

CPMA announced the election of its new board of directors at the Annual General Meeting, which serves to update members on CPMA’s activities and reiterate strategic goals. Both CPMA Past Chair Bernadette Hamel and Ron Lemaire, president, provided reports outlining the past activities and future plans of the association.

Consumers love blueberries, and the industry is only too happy to support this love affair.

A 2014 study commissioned by the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Commission provides a detailed explanation about the exploding growth of the blueberry industry.

Nicole Palumbo had plans other than to join her family business when she graduated from the University of Miami in 2013 with a bachelor of science degree, double majoring in public relations and sports administration.

Today, at age 24, she is happily working for the business and her father, Joe Palumbo, founder of Top Banana, located at Hunts Point Terminal Market in the Bronx, NY.

Last season, Tudor Ranch Inc. in Mecca, CA, added the sales team of Vincent B. Zaninovich & Sons to the longtime relationship it has held with Unifrutti of America Inc. It worked so well that the same model will be used this year.