Having spent the last festive season socially distanced from family and friends, this year’s layers of protection and eased restrictions will unite folks in more traditional ways once again. Oppy said it looks toward putting Ocean Spray cranberries at the center of rejoicing tables.

The Kroger Co. and Instacart launched Kroger Delivery Now, a new service powered by a virtual convenience store that is fulfilled by the Kroger Family of Stores and provides customers the fresh groceries and household essentials, value, and experience they expect and love from Kroger in as fast as 30 minutes.

Duncan Family Farms, a fourth-generation multi-regional certified organic farm and leading grower of baby leaf items, launched an organic fresh herb line. These will be on display for the first time at the Organic Produce Summit at booth No. 242.

SAVANNAH, GA — After having to cancel last year's Southern Innovations conference and trade show due to the worldwide pandemic, the Southeast Produce Council enthusiastically welcomed back the fresh produce industry to its 2021 fall event, held early September in Savannah, the oldest city in the state of Georgia.

Vertically integrated grower-shipper Tanimura & Antle hired Vince Mier as senior sales account manager.  Mier joins the company with nearly 20 years of fresh produce sales experience in developing and managing national and regional sales accounts.   

Copefrut, a Chilean company with more than 65 years in the market for the production and export of traditional and organic fresh fruit, has developed a Material Recyclability Index, a measure that seeks to understand the capacity of packaging to be integrated into recycling flows.