Duda Farm Fresh Foods Inc., headquartered in Oviedo, FL, will exhibit at the 2013 Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure Retail & Foodservice Conference & Expo on Feb. 28-March 2 at the Caribe Royale Resort & Conference Center in Orlando, FL.

Sweet Onion Trading Co., headquartered in Melbourne, FL, has been a member of the Southeast Produce Council since 2003, and has been exhibiting at the Southern Exposure Retail & Foodservice Conference & Expo since 2005.

Barry Rogers, chief executive officer and president, told The Produce News that besides himself, Kelly Connell, sales manager for the company will be representing Sweet Onion Trading at booth number 217 at the Southern Exposure expo.

Dave Nelson, vice president of sales for Datepac LLC, headquartered in Yuma, AZ, said that the company has exhibited at the Southern Exposure Retail & Foodservice Conference & Expo every year for the past five years.

“And we have been members for five years,” said Mr. Nelson. “I will be at our booth, number 211, this year at the expo in Orlando, FL, along with Jim Bates, Datepac’s regional sales manager, to greet customers and prospective customers.”

Rainier Fruit Co., headquartered in Yakima, WA, will sample its new, exciting apple variety, Lady Alice, at this year’s Southeast Produce Council Southern Exposure trade show. “Production has increased since its introduction just a few years ago as its appeal with consumers has taken off,” Director of Marketing Suzanne Wolter told The Produce News Feb. 11. “Lady Alice is one of two exclusive varieties offered by Rainier that brings additional dollars into the apple category. The variety launched in early February and will be available through the end of April.

If the team from Nash Produce in Nashville, NC, is starting to look familiar, there is good reason for that. Over the past year and a half the company has become a fixture at trade events and a laser focus on top-notch marketing is beginning to make the Nash name known beyond sweet potato circles.

Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers plans to talk about its popular snaQ program and will roll out its new U-Pick the Flavors campaign at this year’s Southern Exposure expo.

“This builds on the snaQ program that promotes active lifestyles of today’s families,” National Marketing Representative Dan Wohlford told The Produce News Jan. 30. “U-Pick the Flavors conveys the flexibility to choose the flavor of apples and pears that are best for [customers].”