Keith Frosceno, vice president of produce and floral at Bozzuto's Inc., left that company July 15, and will join Supervalu Inc.

"Keith is a very polished executive and a very knowledgeable guy," Steve Heggelke, senior vice president of merchandising and procurement for Bozzutos, a full-service food distributor based in Cheshire, CT, told The Produce News July 27. Were very happy for him.

MONTEREY, CA  If networking truly is the strength of the Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Conference Tours & Exposition held July 23-25, then produce industry professionals have to be gratified by the more than 1,500 attendees who gathered here.

Included among the 1,500 attendees was double the number of foodservice buyers as last year.

A major sampling tour will look to boost consumer awareness of papayas from Brazil and fortify three leading North American markets of the fruit.

MOSES LAKE, WA  Since joining the Washington State Potato Commission in February 2005 as its director of trade, Matt Harris has tackled a number of issues involving foreign trade partners of the United States, and the recent hearing before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal is one of the more prominent.

Ellie Coen's mother always said that her daughter would love working in the produce industry. It turns out that mom was right.

"She was an inspiration to me," the 28-year-old account manager for Dovex Marketing in Wenatchee, WA, said of B.J. Holland, who died just over a year-and-a-half ago. Well known in the Wenatchee Valley fruit business, Ms. Holland had her own pear orchard, which is still managed by her husband, and had worked over the last 12 to 15 years in sales for Dovex as well as for Stemilt Growers and Gwin, White & Prince Inc., also in Wenatchee.