More than 80% of food industry leaders say they’re adding additional floor space, product offerings, and/or staff to their fresh food departments.

Wenatchee, Wash.-based fruit grower-shipper Starr Ranch Growers has inked a deal with produce freshness specialist AgroFresh Solutions Inc. to use AgroFresh’s FreshCloud Quality Inspection to digitally integrate its quality inspection efforts. 

New technology from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) allows the group to verify ASC-certified seafood back to its farm of origin with better than 95% accuracy.

BelGioioso Cheese Inc. has completed the acquisition of Polly-O, the historic cheese brand founded in New York in 1899.

Columbus Craft Meats is rolling out three new charcuterie kits just in time for the holidays.

National Beef Packing Company LLC has named Rob Cannell chief sustainability officer.

The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council will receive nearly twice the amount of 2022 Market Access Program (MAP) funding in 2022.

BelGioioso Cheese Inc. was among the winners at the World Cheese Awards, an international “cheese only” contest recently held in Oviedo, Spain. 

Commissaries, central kitchens and other offsite facilities that supply value-added foods to grocery perimeter departments have ramped up their demand for heat-and-eat sandwiches from San Ramon, Calif.-based Raybern’s, said Doug Hall, the company’s marketing director.

Hy-Vee Inc. has reinforced its commitment to environmentally and socially responsible seafood with the adoption of a new Seafood Supplier Code of Conduct (SCoC).