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New Kraft® natural cheese slices and Veg Pro Fresh Attitude Ready-to-Eat Salads, both in Curwood EZ Peel® Reseal™ packaging, garnered Leadership Awards in Flexible Packaging from the Packaging Association of Canada (PAC). The Leadership Award recognizes excellence in categories including packaging structure, merchandising, graphics and printing achievement. …

Mann Packing will release a new video and ad campaign at United Fresh to reinforce the sustainability features of its lidless vegetable trays. Also at United Fresh, Mann will introduce its newest employee, Ann Youngman, who joins the company as national account manager for the central region. …

Terra Tech Corp. (OTCBB: TRTC), a leader in sustainable agricultural products, is pleased to announce it has completed its purchase of 5 acres of greenhouse to be constructed in Belvidere, NJ. The new structure, which has recently arrived at the construction site, will be utilized to cultivate hydroponic produce to be sold throughout the Northeast. …

In cooperation with The United Fresh Foundation’s Let’s Move Salad Bars to California Schools campaign to donate salad bars to 350 California schools at the United Fresh 2013 convention in San Diego May 15th & 16th Hollandia Produce, LLC of Carpinteria, CA. is proud to announce the donation of 3 new salad bars to the Santa Barbara Unified School District. …

The insatiable curiosity surrounding the Millennial generation (current age 18-35) is certainly not a new topic – but the importance of this complex demographic is growing, especially for grocery retailers. An apparent trend has surfaced, leading fickle (but abundant) Millennial dollars away from traditional grocery stores and into the hands of farmer’s markets, online and specialty retailers. A combination of factors, including health, status, convenience, freshness and ethics – all play an important role in this consumers’ purchase decisions.  …