Fruit Royale Inc. stands at the forefront of the marketing industry, specializing in the distribution of premium table grapes and citrus sourced from around the world.

In a complaint filed on March 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleged that Safeway Fresh Foods LLC in Vineland, NJ, failed to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $3.86 million to 13 sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

After the complaint was filed, USDA and Safeway Fresh Foods LLC entered into a Consent Decision and Order wherein Safeway Fresh Foods LLC agreed to pay the unpaid produce sellers as well as a civil penalty in the amount of $60,000. 

Mission Produce Inc. announced a new seasonal product offering, its four-count Honey mango clamshell, packed with mangos from Mexico. Available for a limited time in the spring, this new value-pack is ready to grab-and-go, bringing convenience and value to the mango shopper.

Spring is here and that means it’s berry season again. It’s also an incentive to set up some very attractive berry batch displays.

Procurant, a leading provider of software solutions for the food and retail industry, announced a new capability for managing tariff-related charges within its Procurant Commerce platform. This latest enhancement gives retail grocery buyers powerful new tools to track, manage and report on import tariffs across their purchase orders and invoices.

With this release, Procurant buyers can now:

GrubMarket, one of the largest private food eCommerce companies globally, has completed the acquisition of Nogales, AZ-based Delta Fresh Produce, a leading distributor specializing in tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, grapes, watermelons and various other fresh produce commodities sourced from Mexico.

Delta Fresh, which was established in 1928, is a multi-generational business success story that is currently led by Atanasio Panousopoulos, who assumed the reins from his father, a produce industry pioneer in both the U.S. and Mexico.