Market Fresh, based in Nixa, MO, announced the addition of Tomas Bobadilla to its Florida division.

In his new role as warehouse and production manager for the Florida tomato re-pack facility, Bobadilla’s primary duties will include verifying records on incoming and outgoing shipments, as well as preparing items for delivery.

This is Delbert Bland’s favorite time of year. Though the owner of Bland Farms LLC has built the Glennville, GA, operation into one of the nation’s larger providers of sweet onions, the company was built on the name and fame of the Vidalia onion.

Every Wednesday morning there is a familiar presence on the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market, and beneath that presence is a powerful story of generosity.

Pear Bureau Northwest, the nonprofit marketing association that promotes fresh pears grown in Oregon and Washington, recently commissioned nutrition research examining fresh pear consumption and the associated nutrition and health benefits.

E. Armata, a fourth-generation family run fruit and vegetable wholesaler completed a major renovation project at its location on Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, NY, last November.

“It was a major renovation and was also done in an expedient manner,” Paul Armata, vice president of the company, told The Produce News. “We broke ground on the project last April. It was a major gutting and rebuilding from the ground up.”

Morris Okun Inc., a full-service produce company located at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, NY, is one of the older tomato repackers in the industry.

On April 28, Thomas Cignarella, president of the company, told The Produce News that this year’s tomato movement started out sluggish in the southern growing regions.