CENTER, CO — On the heels of what Roger Christensen, co-owner of Maverick Potato Co., called “a great start,” 2014 looks to be a repeat of the firm’s inaugural year.

Christensen, a longtime San Luis Valley potato grower and salesman, founded the company in 2013 with Michael Kruse, and the operation saw good movement in its season, one with multiple weather setbacks and natural challenges.

MONTE VISTA, CO — Continuing its relationship with Wada Farms Marketing of Idaho, Worley & McCullough Inc. of Colorado expects to run 1.2 million hundredweight through its San Luis Valley packingshed during the 2014-15 shipping season.

Braga Fresh, based in Soledad, CA, announced the promotions of two of its team members.

C&S Wholesale Grocers has entered into an agreement in which it will acquire substantially all of Associated Wholesalers Inc.'s assets, including its White Rose distribution business. Under terms of the agreement, C&S will serve as the "stalking horse bidder" in a court-supervised auction process. Accordingly, the agreement is subject to higher and otherwise better offers, among other conditions.

The merger agreement Chiquita Brands International Inc. had announced with Dublin, Ireland-based Fyffes plc is once again at risk. Fyffes has granted Chiquita a waiver permitting it to engage in discussions with the Cutrale Group and the Safra Group, a pair of Brazilian companies that submitted an Aug. 11 buyout proposal.  

Claude Allen Moldenhauer, a 38-year veteran of the Kroger Co. who rose to vice president of produce and floral before retiring in 1999, died Sept. 6. He was 76.