Around this time, Okanagan producers should be selling this year’s peach harvest. However, with the colder spring weather, producers have lost the majority, if not all, of their crops.
Now that the so-called "Dog Days" of Summer, the time when the year's hottest weather is expected, have passed, grocers are working hard to provide shoppers with all the basics plus a variety of extras to drive up store traffic.
Seasonal changes have led to a shift in the commodities of interest for this report. Blueberries have replaced asparagus, as the number of growing areas shipping blueberries continues to grow while demand for asparagus is traditionally light in late summe
Calavo Growers, Inc., a global avocado-industry player and provider of value-added fresh food, announced official certification and opening of Jalisco packing facility for the American market.
SugarSin, the award-winning London-based confectionery company, famous for its premium cocktail-based gummies, has entered the vegan confectionery market with the introduction of a wide variety of vegan gummies, officially approved by the Vegetarian Socie
Coca-Cola HBC AG’s wholly-owned subsidiary, CC Beverages Holdings II B.V., has reached an agreement to acquire ESM Effervescent Sodas Management Limited from S.I.C.C Holding Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IDEAL Holdings SA, a publicly-listed compan
Launched in partnership with its longtime Canadian potato supplier, McCain Foods Limited, McDonald’s Canada has opened applications for the McDonald’s McCain Future of Potato Farming Fund.
Cooke has acquired Morubel, the shrimp processor in Western Europe that cultivates, processes, packs and distributes shrimp and other seafood products.
New functional beverages that address trending demands from immunity to beauty-from-within are entering the market on a weekly basis – and there is no sign of this slowing down.
Addressing the robust demand for alternative plant-based protein ingredients, agri-food titan ADM and food-tech player Benson Hill have entered a long-term strategic partnership to scale new soy ingredients.
Inflation, weakening demand, social instability and the war in Ukraine are leading to tumultuous developments in road freight prices, reveals the Ti / Upply / IRU Road Freight Rate Benchmark for Q2 2022.
For the second year in a row, Canada has put import requirements on US romaine lettuce because of several E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to that product.
The FDA has announced that its Import Divisions may detain without physical examination importations of enoki mushrooms from the Republic of Korea (ROK).
Wisconsin yellow potato harvest is underway at Alsum Farms in Arena, Wis. with the first potato loads being washed, graded and packed for fresh market delivery to distribution centers and retail grocers the first full week of August.
