Market Fresh Produce announced the launch of its new logo, which represents the fresh-from-the-farm message that MFP’s products embody. With the bright green color and simple barn graphic, MFP designed this logo to catch the eye of consumers, allowing its produce to reach more households than ever before.

Big Y Foods Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Everybody's Market in Cheshire, CT. Everybody's will remain open until the closing of the transaction on June 12. The 33,200-square-foot store will close for one week in order to complete the conversion.

“The trend to menu wild mushrooms in foodservice is not only at white-tablecloth operations any longer,” said Pete Wilder, marketing director for To-Jo Mushrooms in Avondale, PA. “A recent Technomic survey indicated that Oyster mushroom usage is up over 25 percent from a year ago. At the retail level, our sliced Shiitake sales have increased considerably over one year ago.”

Aspen Produce sales agent Michele Peterson had a positive outlook overall for the remainder of the 2013-14 shipping season as it winds down, and she had good things to say about the state’s potato shippers regarding the challenges they faced with shorter supplies.

“The 2013-14 shipping season has been slower than in the past,” Peterson said April 7, adding, “However, shipments are matching the inventory available.  Colorado has done an excellent job of managing their potato inventory and matching it to their sales.”

Fresh fruit and vegetable production is big business in Georgia, and prospects for future growth are bright. “[We] consistently rank in the top five nationally for fresh fruit and vegetable production,” said Samantha Kilgore, director of communication for the Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association. “We’re proud of that. There’s an increase of production in all areas.”

The National Mango Board, in collaboration with Nielsen-Perishables Group, published the 2013 Mango Performance Benchmark Report, which reveals positive trends for mangos in grocery stores, including an increase of 13.8 percent in mango dollars per store per week over the 2012 results. The report also shows an increase of 14.6 percent in mango volume per store per week.