The California Cantaloupe Advisory Board’s Summertime Yum & Cantaloupe Fun online sweepstakes promotion is designed to draw more people to the organization’s website and social media properties to build consumer confidence and increase consumption of California cantaloupes.

BROCKTON, MA — For Concord Foods Inc., a discussion on market positioning is an interesting mix of produce marketing combined with consumer products marketing.  

For example, a new kale and apple smoothie mix will be coming from the marketing office, test kitchen and production line of this suburban-Boston food manufacturer.

Since the 1600s generations of New Jersey family farmers have been growing peaches, making Jersey Fresh peaches the original locally grown fruit long before “carbon footprints” or “food miles.” For hundreds of years the New Jersey tradition for peach growing excellence has continued and the best peaches then are still the best peaches now.

The Texas International Produce Association has announced plans to host the inaugural VIVA Fresh Conference & Expo March 26-28, 2015 at the Hilton Austin in Austin, Texas. The expo, which is meant to highlight the “Gateway to the Americas,” will focus on showcasing produce grown in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.

Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. is expanding its extensive fresh cut fruit and vegetable product offerings to include complete meal single-serve salad bowls as well as fresh fruit and protein snack packs under the "Nature Made' brand. The new products coincide with the expansion of operating facilities and production lines in Dallas and will also include new bagged single-serve Del Monte fresh cut fruit and vegetables.

Import apple sales continue to grow in U.S. supermarkets. The latest data from Nielsen Perishables Group through June 1 shows strong increases in sales and volume for key import apple brands.

“International production from our Southern Hemisphere club variety partners continues to grow and we’re seeing it payoff in terms of greater supermarket sales during the summer months,” Robb Myers, director of sales and imports at CMI, said in a press release.