Tom Cullen, vice president of Thomas E. Moore in Dover, DE, told The Produce News that the company’s Eastern Shore potato crop is running between a week and 10 days late this year.

Kenneth Gad, vice president of Cambridge Farms Inc. in Boston, summarized his insights about the 2013 Eastern Shore potato deal this way. “I have every indication this season will be a win-win-win for everyone,” he told The Produce News. “I am thrilled to see [the growers] get a good return on their investment.”

Safeway Inc. has entered into an agreement to sell its Canadian operations through a sale of the net assets of Canada Safeway Limited to Sobeys Inc., a Canadian food retailer and wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited, for C$5.8 billion in cash, plus the assumption of certain liabilities.

HILLSDALE, NJ — With the New Jersey Department of Agriculture hosting its Eastern Produce Council meeting for the 26th consecutive year, a big crowd was on hand, as usual, at Demarest Farm, here.

VINELAND, NJ — The market was seeing good movement of blueberries from Georgia and North Carolina at the end of May with the harvest of New Jersey blues looking to begin around the middle of June, according to Skip Consalo, president of The Fresh Wave.

That puts the timing of blueberries from all areas in the South and East more or less back to normal after last year, which saw the earliest harvest dates for blueberries (and many other items) earlier than in several decades.

LISA MARIE MOORE joined Bakersfield, CA-based Terra Bella Farms as a salesperson.

In her new position, Moore is responsible for calling customers to book orders and following up during the process, pick-ups and deliveries.

Moore has been working in the produce industry for four years. Before joining Terra Bella Farms, she worked for Jennings Transfer & Storage.