IPR Fresh recently completed an expansion at its facility in Nogales, AZ that will enable it to more comfortably operate during the upcoming winter vegetable season – and beyond.

Now is the time to not only get Pink Lady going at retail, but to start lining up promotions for the historical February promotional window.

A rainy December night couldn’t keep spirits down in Manhattan on Dec. 11 as attendees of JOH’s New York Produce Show afterparty flooded The Perfect Pint for an evening of drinks, great food and even better company. JOH, valued clients and partners kept the party going at the post-trade show celebration held at the covered rooftop bar. 

Schnuck Markets' Tom Henry is being promoted to chief data and information officer, effective Dec. 20. Henry will report to Chairman and CEO Todd Schnuck.

Henry’s promotion follows the retirement announcement of Bob Hardester. Since 2014, Hardester has been at the helm of the company’s information technology, cyber security, digital experience, as well as supply chain, transportation and logistics areas.

For almost 40 years, tomato broker Joe Bernardi, president of Bernardi & Associates, has been guided by a simple business principle: connect the right customer with the right supplier and make sure both sides of the transaction are happy.

Bushwick Commission, a leading regional potato and vegetable supplier and fourth-generation family business based in Farmingdale, NY, provided more than 18,000 pounds of potatoes to the Island Harvest Food Bank of Long Island, NY.