Boskovich Fresh Food Group subsidiary Fresh Prep LLC, the processing arm of the company, brings an exciting new retail line, Green Fork, to the industry this month with 11 SKUs. Green Fork offers playful prepackaged salad kits, tender leaves, salad blends and packaged vegetables.

Equitable Food Initiative, a workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, welcomed produce industry veteran Michael Lacey to the position of business development manager. In the role, Lacey will be responsible for engaging produce growers in EFI’s certification program and helping ensure a seamless customer experience.

Wegmans Food Markets Inc. announced that Marty Gardner, senior vice president of merchandising, distribution, manufacturing, food safety and pharmacy, will retire in May, following a 40-year-career with the company.

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Ruiz Sales, an importer and distributor of tropical items from Mexico, with an emphasis on Persian limes, has relocated from its longtime warehouse in Pharr, TX, to a larger location up the road in Edinburg, giving it more room to expand its operations.

“We had been in our Pharr warehouse for many years, but in December we moved to a larger space in Edinburg, which gives us the opportunity to increase volume and work more efficiently,” said Richard Ruiz, president and owner.