Mastronardi Produce/Sunset Wins Big At Hottest Tomato Competition
The awards keep rolling in for Mastronardi Produce/SUNSET(r), this time taking home 6 titles from the 8th annual Greenhouse Competition in Leamington, Ontario. …
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200 Schools To Receive Salad Bars From Let's Move Salad Bars To Midwest Schools
The United Fresh Produce Association announced the donation of salad bars to 200 Midwest schools in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin at the United Fresh 2014 Convention in Chicago, IL. An estimated 100,000 Midwest students in both urban and rural school districts will benefit by having increased access to a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables every day at school lunch. With the goal of increasing students’ fruit and vegetable consumption, the donation announced today represents just the start of the United Fresh Foundation’s multi-year Let’s Move Salad Bars to Midwest Schools campaign. …
Crunch Pak Executive Tony Freytag Named 2014 Produce Man Of The Year
Tony Freytag, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Crunch Pak® received the 2014 Produce Man of the Year award from The Packer magazine yesterday at the United Fresh show in Chicago. …
Exceptional Response To The National Mango Board Mango Bin Program
The National Mango Board (NMB) Mango Bin Program is back by popular demand. In 2013, the NMB introduced high graphic, freestanding mango display bins used by participating retail stores nationwide. Mango volume increased more than 40% in stores that displayed the NMB’s high-graphic educational mango display bins. The mango industry is looking forward to more great results from the bin program in 2014. …
CMI Hires New Production & Sales Analyst
Columbia Marketing International (CMI) has hired Garrett Joeckel as the Production and Sales Analyst. …