In life there are winners and losers. It’s about those who take home the championship prize and the money that matters. There are no celebration parades for a losing team.

Eagle Eye Produce is seeing a smooth start to the Idaho potato harvest, with progress running ahead of schedule compared to last year. The company credits the improvement to new field equipment and ongoing investments in its Idaho Falls warehouse.

Fall is a busy time for Sunny Valley International as berries are front-and-center.  

“We are under way with our imported blueberry program now and are getting regular arrivals of organic and conventional fruit from Peru,” said Tom Beaver, director of sales and marketing for the Glassboro, NJ-based company. “So far, the quality and condition has been excellent. Fruit is arriving with the exceptional size, crunchiness, bloom and taste that retailers and their final consumers have come to expect from Peru.”

Top execs driving retail innovation — the winners of International Fresh Produce Association’s Retail Merchant Innovation Award — will be recognized at the Retail Awards Reception Oct. 17 at the Global Produce & Floral Show in Anaheim, CA.  
 

It may just be September, but the winter holidays will be here before you know it. Of course, the holiday season is full of magic — but for many families, it’s also full of chaos. Between office deadlines, school concerts and never-ending to-do lists, the modern consumer isn’t browsing content for inspiration; they’re searching for survival.

California date growers are entering the 2025 harvest season with optimism, even as this year’s crop looks to be slightly lighter than last year.