Jeff Olsen, president of The Chuck Olsen Co. in Visalia, CA, said the company plans to talk about the services and programs that are available for the commodities it handles at this year’s PMA Foodservice Conference and Expo.

Olsen will be available at Booth No. 94 along with Tom Salisbury, Dave Perez and Pat Simas.

“We are able to talk with our customers and possibly build some new relationships,” he told The Produce News.

Fred Recchiuti, general manager of Basciani Foods Inc, also commonly referred to as Basciani Mushrooms, headquartered in Avondale, PA, told The Produce News that the company recently launched a new website, bascianifoods.com.

The highly graphic and colorful site offers trade and consumer links that describe the company and its product line in full.

It also features a four-minute video segment that was part of an “Epicurious,” episode, which is a Condé Nast production.

Nichole Towell, director of marketing for Duda Farm Fresh Foods Inc., headquartered in Oviedo, FL, said that with nearly 90 years of growing experience, the company is one of the largest growers and processors of celery not only in the United States, but globally.

“We’ll be at Booth No. 25 at the PMA Foodservice Conference & Expo on July 25-27,” said Patsy Ross, marketing director for Christopher Ranch LLC, headquartered in Gilroy, CA. “We will be represented there by Anthony DeAngelis, director, northeast division, and Eric Kraus, Jason Minici and Rick Dyer, all sales representatives.

Church Bros. LLC in Salinas, CA, which has enjoyed an increase in every category of its business, will be showcasing several new products at its booth at the Produce Marketing Association's Foodservice Conference & Expo in Monterey, CA, July 27, according to Ernst Van Eeghen, vice president of marketing.

Among the new products are a blend of baby kales with spinach, chards and radicchio, a blend of Treviso and Romaine, and a mix of green heart leaves and Romaine heart leaves with "a touch of radicchio," he said.

The new two-compartment clamshell introduced by Kurt Zuhlke & Associates earlier this year has met with resounding marketplace acceptance. Owner and President Kurt Zuhlke said this new packaging builds upon successes realized with three-compartment packaging introduced a year ago designed to hold a trio of tomatoes or berries.