As long-time merchants on the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market, TMK Produce has experienced the ups and downs of the business. The company is pleased to see things starting to get on track again after some uncertainty caused by COVID-19 these past two years.

Empaque Don Jorge I opened its doors this past weekend and is currently packing Crespo Organic Ataulfos from El Grupo Crespo’s Nayarit orchards.

Peruvian fresh asparagus continues to enjoy a prominent place in the U.S. market. In 2021, U.S. imports from Peru increased 9 percent over the previous year, according to USDA statistics, to 224.87 million pounds. Ranked as a principal source country for fresh asparagus, Peruvian imports account for almost $274 million annually.

Walmart Canada announced four recent senior executive leadership changes as part of its transformation journey to transform the customer experience for millions of customers in-store and online. Nabeela Ixtabalan has been named chief operations officer; Sam Wankowski has been named chief merchandising officer; Laurent Duray has been named chief E-commerce officer; and John Bayliss is now executive vice president, transformation officer.

Ten years ago the California Avocado Commission first observed June officially as California Avocado Month, and it is enthusiastically promoting this long-standing tradition. As an ode to the past 10 years, the commission has enlisted the culinary talents of Southern California native Chef Nyesha Arrington to create two delicious and seasonal recipes that prominently feature California avocados, which are grown by about 3,000 California avocado growers with groves from San Diego to Monterey.

Divine Flavor finished off its Jalisco table grape deal in early May and was just beginning to harvest its Sonoran vineyards as May finished its second week.