Duda Farm Fresh Foods says it is committed to delivering quality, innovation and service to its customers, which is why the 82-year-old, family-owned, nationwide fresh fruit and vegetable company uses consumer research to guide its development of new varieties and innovations in packaging and merchandising.

Research shows that consumers are looking for convenience in their shopping trips. Merchandising can help provide that convenience by locating celery products adjacent to one another.

CMI, one of Washington state's larger shippers of premium-quality conventional and organic apples, pears and cherries, will be exhibiting its line of products at the Canadian Produce Marketing Association convention in Calgary, AB.

AgriWorld Exchange, a live on-line agricultural marketplace headquartered in Menlo Park, CA, announced that it has signed an agreement with Produce Reporter Co. to enable Blue Book subscribers to view rating information from within the AgriWorld Exchange on-line platform.

LAS VEGAS, NV -- Utilizing their own allowance, kids directly purchase $40 billion in food and influence another $146 billion in food purchases by their parents, according to research presented at a workshop session during the United Fresh Produce Association convention, held here May 4-7.

Heidi McIntyre, marketing director of Produce for Kids, and Steve Lutz, executive vice president of the Perishables Group, talked about the buying power of kids and how to market to them.

After pioneering the winter sweet onion category over 20 years ago in Chile, OsoSweet is expanding its season and moving north to Texas.

"We're off to a great start, despite there being a lot of onions in the marketplace," John Battle of Battle Produce Exchange in Traverse City, MI, the exclusive sales agent for the "OsoSweet" brand, said in a press release.

Railex LLC is riding the rails of success.

With diesel fuel prices at an all-time high and no relief in sight, the firm, a division of ADS Management LLC, is in the midst of building a new, state-of- the-art, freight-forward distribution terminal in Delano, CA. Railex currently has facilities in Wallula, WA, and Rotterdam, NY.