Kingston Cross Dock & Cold Storage is preparing for another busy import season at its third-party cold storage facility located in Pompano Beach, FL. Strategically located along the I-95 corridor near Port Everglades, the facility is equipped to handle a wide variety of international programs and customer services including temperature-controlled storage, product consolidation, repacking, direct rail car shipments, and trucking to and from the facility.

Itaueira Farms, the Brazilian producer of the premium "REI" brand Canary melon, will introduce a new fresh-cut line of the product at the Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit International Convention & Exposition, Oct. 18-20 in New Orleans.

FoodLink, a leader in supply chain and commerce solutions for the fresh food industry, announced a series of new customers that have selected its FoodLink PTI supply chain traceability solution for fresh produce.

Retail grocers are requiring new levels information about the origin and history of the fresh food they sell. As a result, growers and shippers of fresh produce are turning to solutions such as FoodLink to simplify compliance with new industry standards for labeling and tracking products.

Curry & Co., a year-round supplier of yellow, white, red and sweet onions from growing regions and packing facilities in Oregon, Washington, California, Georgia, Texas, Mexico and Peru, has added industry veteran Richard Pazderski as director of onion sales.

MATTHEW V. BLACKWELL was recently promoted from director of operations to vice president of Aurora Products, based in Orange, CT.

On Sept. 19, Jason Bell, account manager for Tater Man, headquartered in Sydney, FL, told The Produce News that the company’s 2013 sweet potato crop was about half way harvested.

“Our yields are down by between 20-30 percent,” said Bell. “Jumbo sizes are taking the biggest hit, and are therefore getting the biggest tick on pricing because demand is outweighing supply. This is where we’re seeing the most notable difference currently.”