Since 1977, Keystone Fruit Marketing has been providing its customers with the finest fresh produce year-round and has earned a reputation for building strong relationships with its clients and growers through trust and integrity.

This year’s virtual New York Produce show is especially important, as it is giving the people at Keystone an opportunity to connect with clients as the world quarantines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stater Bros. Markets has reinstated its $2/hour wage incentive for all hours worked for all of the company’s hourly employees that work in the stores, distribution, transportation, corporate offices, and construction. The incentive will be effective for three weeks.

ProducePay, an alternative financing, data and marketplace company serving the $300 billion fresh produce market, announced its 2020 financing totals. With its harvest season now complete, ProducePay provided Mexican farmers with over $60 million in financing and empowered them to grow over $750 million worth of fresh produce exported to the United States.

Helping farmers in the U.S. and countries across Latin America grow over $2.5 billion of produce, ProducePay is on pace for 99 percent year-over-year revenue growth in 2020.

Matt Diederich, who grew up on his family’s produce farm, joined Sbrocco International Inc. in early November as a sales representative.

Formerly with Naturipe Berry Growers Inc., headquartered in Salinas, CA, for nine years, Diederich will be based in Michigan, “and help cover the Midwest for sales,” said Maclaren Oglesby, sales manager at Sbrocco International, the produce importer and distributor headquartered in Mt. Laurel, NJ.

Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc., one of North America’s leading marketers and distributors of high-quality fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, announced the expansion of its exclusive and luxurious Pinkglow™ Pineapple to select retailers in limited markets throughout the United States. Available for purchase starting today, the Pinkglow™ Pineapple is a novel pineapple with a pink interior, uniquely grown by Fresh Del Monte and now available in new packaging for retail.

For millions of Americans, shopping for produce is personal.

Even though there are ways to discern a close-to-perfect or perfect piece of produce, a lot of it comes down to what looks good to the shopper. A peach that appeals to me might not be the one you want. The same goes for a stem of Brussels sprouts or a bag of grapes.