Wednesday, November 18, 2020
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Chief Commercial Officer - Las Vegas (Nevada) USA

Sales Executive

Retail Sales Manager - Remote position, most likely located in the US

Supply Manager - Category Team (Berries Figs & Pomegranates) Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane (Australia)

Retail Account Manager Italië

Farm Manager - Ethiopia

Greenhouse Construction Manager - California (United States)

Grower (Leafy Greens) - Arizona, California, or Nevada (United States)

Head Grower Manager - Avon Facility (OH) USA

Lead Glasshouse Engineer - Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Slim broccoli supplies also see quality issues

Supplies of broccoli are down. “Salinas, CA has definitely been ahead for a few weeks so the numbers are pretty light in Salinas. And on the front end of Yuma, AZ, the numbers…

BASF Vegetable Seeds Webinar

How to leverage consumer trends in the US and Mexico to meet demand

This week, BASF Vegetable Seeds hosted a webinar to examine consumer trends and impacts in the United States and Mexico, and how the industry can use these trends to continue…

National Hurricane Center

Just 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta landed two weeks ago

Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua

Hurricane Iota made landfall on the Atlantic side of Nicaragua on the evening of November 16th, only 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta made landfall two weeks ago.…

Envy™ apples to star in this season's "Countdown to Christmas" on the Hallmark Channel

Envy™ apples will be celebrating the best of the holidays with the Hallmark Channel and its “Countdown to Christmas,” the network’s popular annual series of all-new original…

Badger Technologies and STCR Inc.

New partnership to drive adoption of autonomous robots by independent grocers

Badger Technologies, a product division of Jabil, is teaming up with STCR, Inc., a provider of advanced retail point-of-sale and self-checkout solutions, to increase the…

Wonderful Halos® welcomes 2020 season with a new marketing campaign

Wonderful Halos welcomes its 2020 crop season with a new integrated marketing campaign that draws upon Halos’ quality and sweet taste. The brand’s marketing plans include a…

Wholesum hires Harumi Kuniyoshi, Ph.D. as Director of Research and Development

Wholesum, Fair Trade certified growers and shippers of organic produce, recently hired Harumi Kuniyoshi, Ph.D. as their Director of Research and Development.…

C.H. Robinson uncovers more than a billion dollars in tariff refunds going untapped

Global logistics company C.H. Robinson, revealed today that U.S. companies importing from China could be missing out on more than a billion dollars in refunds…

Spike in Covid-19 infections in Europe affects avocado demand

Colombia produces avocados almost year-round, but the growers so have an on-season and an off-season. The main season this year started on time in mid-September, in week 38,…

Index Fresh announces Debbie Willmann as Director of Sales

Index Fresh announced Debbie Willmann as the Director of Sales. In her new role, Willmann will help manage the company’s existing domestic and international…

Special Wholesale markets

Wholesale market sees greater demand for healthy foods

Like many businesses, the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market (PWPM) made changes to its businesses amidst the pandemic. For one, its hours have been adjusted—closing time…

Global focus citrus

Solid supplies expected for organic citrus out of Mexico this season

TerraFresh Organics, an organic fruit company supplying organic citrus, mangos, stone fruit and grapes to North America, is prepared for a solid organic Mexican citrus season.…

Retail

Farmstead has opened the waitlist for its expansion to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina

Walmart: Solid sales gains in Q3

US: Kroger has nearly 400 open positions for holiday season in VirginiaKroger Mid-Atlantic announced it is hiring to support seasonal holiday business at its Virginia stores…

'What citrus can learn from avocados'

Sales of avocados in the U.S. market have become one of the biggest produce success stories in the past two decades. During the recent Global Citrus Congress…

Berries, bananas, garlic, leeks and onions

Foods that stimulate “good bacteria” in the gut could play a role in helping prevent Alzheimer’s disease

Foods that stimulate “good bacteria” in the gut, including oats, berries, bananas, garlic, leeks and onions, could play a role in helping prevent Alzheimer’s…

CBP Field Operations scores big with $11 million methamphetamine seizure at Pharr International Bridge

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility hit a home run this past weekend with the interception of…

Due to potential health risk

Fresh Express recalls limited quantity of expired Fresh Express Kit Caesar Supreme

Fresh Express is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cases of expired 10.5 oz. Fresh Express Kit Caesar Supreme with the Use-by Date of November 8, 2020 and Product Code…

Canada

Pre-cut salad company announces $5M investment in Saint-Rémi factory

Saladexpress, a Québec-based pre-cut salad and vegetable processing company, announced a major five million dollar investment in its Saint-Rémi factory, located on the South…

Ark Foods makes first packhouse purchase in historic farming community

Ark Foods has purchased and opened its first-ever owned property, a 12,000-square-foot packhouse within the historic farming community of Immokalee, Florida. The Ark Foods…

How to snack smarter during screen time

The average American adult spends more than 11 hours per day on screens, according to Nielsen, and while they are watching TV, shopping on their laptop, and…

The first Beechcraft King Air 360 enters service to support agribusiness

California-based Stamoules Produce Company delivers fruits, vegetables, and nuts from its 17,000-acre farm in the San Joaquin Valley, where it traces a history…

Blueberry grower alleges United Exports claimed royalties on unregistered varieties

A South African blueberry grower has claimed “a momentous victory” for growers as Dutch authorities yesterday released two shipments of its blueberries, confiscated earlier…

Specialized reefer vessels crucial to the past South African citrus season, says shipping agent

“The Reefer Alliance serviced South African citrus with great success during this past season,” says Charles Gantz, MD of Anlin Shipping and South African representative of…

'Rwanda should strategize on producing avocados for export'

Health conscious consumers in developed countries in Europe are struggling to find avocados, yet Rwanda and other sub-Saharan countries offer excellent conditions for large…

Repercussions and perspectives of the explosive Peruvian blueberry supply

Strategically, for the Peruvian industry, the Asian market is emerging as an excellent destination for its blueberries if the restrictions are specified in the United States…

The damage Eta caused to Honduras’ infrastructure affected the country’s citrus industry

Tropical depression Eta did not cause significant losses to Honduras' citrus production, but it generated serious problems in marketing the fruit, stated Rene…

MSC tipped to overtake Maersk at the top of the liner rankings

Maersk, the world’s largest container line for the past quarter century, could soon lose its top spot on the global liner rankings list to its alliance…

Indian packaging manufacturer sees more demand for PET packaging

"From 2020, our production capacity is one million pieces a day"

The demand for PET clamshells has been picking up over the past few months. Some of it has to do with the coronavirus, as consumers prefer to have hygienic containers avoiding…

Ninjacart in association with Kilofarms successfully produces first set of residue-free tomatoes

Ninjacart, India’s largest B2B fresh produce supply chain company furthered its vision of, ‘Safe food for billion people’ with its first set of Residue-Free…

Livestreaming to promote sales of fruit to millions of followers

Gan Youqin chatted with her followers and promoted sales of citrus fruits from her hometown in her nightly livestreaming session. The 40-year-old woman, who…

A technological process that lasts a few minutes

Ozone and UV light guarantee safe and sanitized citrus fruits

"These are unusual times and cleansing and disinfection have never been as important as now. In this context, we want to provide extra guarantees on our citrus which is not…

Wimco Groenendaal, Groda AGF:

"Slightly better pear sales would be welcome"

The top fruit market is facing its share of uncertainties. That's according to Wimco Groenendaal of Groda AGF in the Netherlands. "This applies to both apples and pears. Sales…

The time is right for substitution of conventional papayas by organic papaya.

"Organic papayas and passion fruit from Tenerife – on the road to becoming Demeter produce”

Organic grower Felipe Gonzalez from Plantate SL, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Global Gap and organic certificates, has been producing papaya and passion fruit (maracuja) for 7…

AU: Robotic harvesting to kick off in GV

Apples will be harvested robotically at Goulburn Valley-based Turnbull Brothers Orchards this season in what is believed to be the first commercial trial of robotic apple…

Speak out and be 'deleted': Suppliers fear supermarket retribution

Some supermarkets are threatening to "delete" suppliers' products from shelves if they speak out about tactics like 45% margins and billing for thefts, a supplier industry…

Fruit and Vegetable retailer recognised as one of Australia's leading social media voices in 2020

A Melbourne fruit and vegetable retailer has been selected as one of LinkedIn's Top 20 Australian Voices in 2020, in recognition of driving the conversation around a changing…

Last of New Zealand’s 2020 kiwifruit crop shipped to global markets

The final shipments of this season’s New Zealand-grown kiwifruit have left Port of Tauranga bound for Zespri’s global markets, capping another strong season…

Steirische Beerenobstgenossenschaft eGen relies on domestic ERP-solution

275 Austrian berry farmers use traceNET GO APP for optimal harvest management

Every year, Steirische Beerenobstgenossenschaft eGen. sells about 8 million kg of black and red currants, elderberries, elderflower and chokeberry. About 300…

Large German berry packer moves toward sustainability with traysealer

Fresh berries are a growing market in Germany, as well as the rest of the world. To meet the growing demand, Baumann Vertriebs GmbH & Co., a berry-growing and -packaging…

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