“Albert’s Organics is pleased to announce the opening of two new distribution centers; one in New Jersey and one in Colorado,” said Simcha Weinstein, director of marketing for the leading national distributor of organic products headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA. “The new warehouses will replace our existing warehouses currently located in Bridgeport, New Jersey, and in Aurora, Colorado. These new facilities will allow us to provide greater service to our customers in both the greater Rocky Mountain region as well as on the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic East Coast areas.”

Louis Hymel, director of purchasing and marketing for Spice World Inc., headquartered in Orlando, FL, said that the company is completely vertically integrated in the garlic Industry.

“We have a seed program and we process and pack garlic in every imaginable way-some of which are exclusive to our company,” said Hymel. “And we market direct to all segments of the food industry: from A to Z.”

Black Gold Farms, based in Grand Forks, ND, has teamed with McCormick Produce Partners to create an easy-to-prepare, value-added fresh potato side dish packed with flavor.

Black Gold Farms — a fourth-generation, family-owned farm — will introduce its one-of-a-kind product this summer: a fresh package of red potatoes, expertly paired with one of three McCormick Produce Partners seasoning blends. The blend choices include roasted Italian herbs, roasted onion and garlic, and roasted garlic and rosemary.

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems, an Orlando, FL-based company that supplies reusable plastic pallets to various industries, filed for bankruptcy protection in early June and is apparently negotiating the sale of its assets to a third party, which plans to emerge as iGPS Logistics LLC, a joint venture formed by private equity firms and others.

The sale must be approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, DE, and is subject to higher and better bids. In court filings, iGPS indicated that it hopes to complete the sale by the end of July.

Roche Bros., a family-owned chain of full-service supermarkets, signed a lease agreement to open a perishable-focused small-format store at the former Lord’s Department Store site in Medfield, MA.

Stemilt Growers had a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new, state-of-the-art cherry packingline at the company’s Euclid Street facility in Wenatchee, WA. Stemilt President West Mathison and owner-grower Kyle Mathison led a dedication and blessing of the line as part of its inaugural run.