Duda Farm Fresh Foods has hired Roger Moncada as director of sales – West and Steve Bindas as director of outside sales. These appointments come at a pivotal moment for Duda as it approaches its centennial in 2026 and builds toward its next 100 years.

Generous Brands, a Butterfly portfolio company and a leader in premium refrigerated beverages offering the Bolthouse Farms, Evolution Fresh and SAMBAZON brands, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Health-Ade, a fast-growing leader and innovator in kombucha tea beverages, from private equity firms First Bev and Manna Tree Partners, who will also continue on as minority shareholders in Generous Brands.

Little Leaf Farms, the leading brand of packaged lettuce sustainably grown through controlled environment agriculture, is expanding its line of leafy greens with the launch of its newest variety: Romaine Leaf. 

Bottomley Farms grows more than just crops — it grows legacies, nurtures communities and sows seeds for a better tomorrow. As a proud family-owned and operated farm, its roots trace back to the late 1960s when it began with a single, humble crop: cabbage. From those early days, its passion for agriculture and commitment to quality has helped the company evolve into one of the most dynamic farming operations in the Southeast.

This year UNFI’s Holiday and Winter Selling Show brought together more than 5,300 attendees, including nearly 2,200 retail customer representatives and more than 900 supplier brands across the natural, organic, fresh, specialty and conventional grocery product categories.