All Coleman locations joined the Canadian Produce Marketing Association March 19 to celebrate the new Half Your Plate campaign designed to boost fruit and vegetable consumption among Canadians.

Haggen, a West Coast regional grocery chain that is in the midst of an aggressive expansion in Southern California, has named five senior executives in its Pacific Southwest division.

Can you feel it? The needle moving. Momentum shifting. It’s here. It’s happening. And it’s awesome. The fruit and vegetable marketing machine has arrived, and life in the produce world just got really interesting.

Ruiz Sales, a McAllen, TX-based distributor of tropical items from Mexico, with an emphasis on limes, is looking to make 2015 its best year yet.

Category Partners has hired Jan Garrett as its director of strategic business development and marketing. She will work from a remote office in Ventura, CA.

Launched last season, Index Fresh Inc. is finding continued success with its AvoBuddies offering, a kid- and family-friendly retail pack of avocados.