Harps Food Stores Inc. has appointed several directors to vice president, including the elevation of Mike Roberts to vice president of produce.

Double Date Packing Inc. is touting its three sizes of pouch bags for potential promotional opportunities as the always-popular spring season arrives for California dates.

Lipman Family Farms’ Crimson tomato has been developed to exceed expectations of the ideal tomato. The Crimson is picked at peak freshness and specially bred for its signature deep red color, intense flavor, and high lycopene content with antioxidant properties to provide consumers with maximum health benefits.

Date shippers all agree that they are sitting on a potential gold mind. They believe they have a great item, that is versatile, has known health benefits, is so sweet it’s a great natural substitute for sugar and its shelf life is almost unsurpassed in the produce aisle.

It is no secret that more consumers are looking to “go green,” but increasingly those consumers think that responsibility should be shouldered by retailers as well. According to recent research from Retail Insight, 77 percent of consumers have tried to be more sustainable in their consumption habits in the last 12 months. That number rises to 88 percent in the all-important 25-to-34-year-old demographic.

Phillip Grant is now in his second year as CEO of the Hunts Point Produce Market, working alongside the nearly 30 merchants that make up the cooperative. Grant first joined the market in 2019 as general manager, right before the onset of the COIVD-19 pandemic.