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Doug Kling joins Black Gold Farms Board of Directors
Press Release: Grand Forks, ND – Black Gold Farms BB #:103182, and the Halverson family announces the appointment of a member...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – August 30, 2019
Greg and Pamela talk about some of this week’s biggest stories, from the red hot bell pepper market, and why...
Hurricane Dorian heads for Southeast growing regions this weekend
Florida and Southeast citrus and vegetable grower-shippers are bracing for the first major hurricane of the season at a time...
Is jackfruit the new tofu?
Will the quest for plant-based meat take us to jackfruit? It very well might, according to a recent article in...
Mexican officials tout their response to Panama disease on bananas
In an article published by Mexico’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), the National Health Service, Food Safety Quality...
Dollar General expanding DG Fresh to fourth distribution center
Goodlettsville, TN-based Dollar General BB #:172794 is having a stellar year in 2019. The company reported an 8.4% increase in...
H-E-B surprises food bank donation with Lubbock expansion announcement
Grocery retailers are no strangers to food bank donations, but San Antonio-based H-E-B BB #:106490 decided to sneak in a...
Do you speak “customer”?
A few weeks back, I hunkered down to experience my first hurricane at our New Orleans home. I stocked up...
Apple growers brace for new round of Chinese tariffs
PRESS RELEASE: Falls Church, Va. (Aug. 28, 2019)—U.S. apple growers are bracing for another round of retaliatory tariffs from China,...
Shareholders come before stakeholders
Recently, business publications have reported that some corporate chieftains have proclaimed they work for stakeholders, not shareholders. At this point,...
Of beer games and bullwhips in supply chain
The Beer Game, although fascinating, is not quite as much fun as it sounds, but it does provide an illustration...
USDA projects over 250 million carton apple crop for 2019-20
The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast the 2019-20 apple crop to be 253.1 million 42-pound boxes, which would make it...
Safeway clerks find $1.4 million in cocaine in banana boxes
In a story that’s a slippery slope to into bad puns, produce clerks at three King County, WA, Safeway BB...
Rabobank report cautions against organic produce oversupply
While organic food demand—and sales—continue to rise, a recent Rabobank RaboResearch report suggests grower-shippers take a look at their strategy...
BREAKING: U.S. and Mexico reach agreement on tomatoes
According to news reports, there’s a new agreement for Mexican tomato imports. The new deal includes one piece of controversy...
UPDATED: U.S. and Mexico reach agreement on tomatoes
There’s a new agreement for Mexican tomato imports. The new deal includes one piece of controversy in the process –...
Target shifts store employee roles toward specialization
Minneapolis-based Target BB #:166987 has been overhauling both physical stores and its workforce over the past few years, and if...
Trucking hours-of-service proposed changes give industry more flexibility
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) proposed rules ease some of the restrictions since electronic logging devices became mandatory...