Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. announced that Don Clark has been appointed as the company’s new chief merchandising officer and Amanda Rassi has been appointed as the company’s chief customer officer. In conjunction with Clark’s appointment, Scott Neal, the company’s current chief merchandising officer, will be retiring from the company.

Garry Bergstrom has never been particularly comfortable with titles. Even after a 45-year career at Publix Super Markets, even after rising to business director of produce and floral, even now as he prepares to receive the Southeast Produce Council’s highest honor Bergstrom still describes himself the same way he always has: a farm boy who tries to do the right thing.

Windset Farms' ARIA Tomatoes - Sweet Brilliance has been recognized with two prestigious honors at the PAC Global Awards, a program celebrating the world’s top designers, innovators and changemakers in packaging and beyond.

Judges praised ARIA Tomatoes’ premium packaging design, noting how beautifully it reflects the exceptional quality of the tomatoes inside. Windset Farms received the following distinctions:

B&W Quality Growers, one of the largest and longest-running growers of leafy greens in the world, is thrilled to be headed to Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure. 

Officials at Turek Farms-Sales by Cayuga Produce have no intention of trying to outshine any other company at SEPC’s Southern Exposure. They simply want to show their product, talk business and pleasure with old and new friends and make it clear they are pretty serious about what they do.

NuFlorist announced the public availability of its florist-specific Shopify app. The app was created to solve operational and revenue challenges flower shops face when using Shopify's generic e-commerce tools.

While Shopify has become a popular platform for independent retailers, it was not built for florist businesses — where local delivery, time sensitivity, urgency pricing and card messages are fundamental to every order. NuFlorist was built to close that gap.