Cherry growers and marketers and their retail grocery partners are champing at the bit to kick off a robust 2023 season, following a very light 2022 crop. So far, all indications are they’ll get their wish.
Vancouver, B.C.-based Oppy expects to wind down a strong Southern Hemisphere crop in March before switching to domestic production out of Stockton, Calif.
A majority of parents with Gen Alpha children (age 9 and under) say it’s important to buy fruits, vegetables and other healthy food, but going to McDonald’s is another common occurrence.
More than half of all Chilean grape exports this season are expected to be newer varieties, according to an estimate from the Table Grape Committee of the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association (ASOEX).
Jan DeLyser, an industry icon who has spent almost the past quarter-century marketing California avocados in her role with the California Avocado Commission, is retiring. Here she shares her keys to marketing avos at retail.
Working closely with retail partners is essential to moving big volumes of cherries in the short summer window. Here are a few merchandising musts Sage Fruit recommends to its partners.