LEAD STORY
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems, an Orlando, FL-based company that supplies reusable plastic pallets to various industries, filed for bankruptcy protection in early June and is apparently negotiating the sale of its assets to a third party, which plans to emerge as iGPS Logistics LLC, a joint venture formed by private equity firms and others.
The sale must be approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, DE, and...
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Today's Headlines
- Roche Bros. bringing European-style store to historical site
- 2013 New Jersey blueberry season expected to produce the pick of the crop
- Expanded options for Giumarra's New Zealand Meyer lemons
- Mastronardi takes top honors at Hottest Tomato Competition
- Marketing campaign to promote Fourth of July avocado consumption
- Fresno resident emerges as winner of Del Monte's 'Find Your Inner Chef' competition
- Jakov P. Dulcich & Sons names Kevin Andrew COO
- Eastern Shore producing another pretty potato crop this season
Retailers, growers join Produce for Kids to provide $4 million in donations to charities in a decade
Produce for Kids has donated more than $4.1 million to children’s charitable concerns, including the Children’s Miracle Network of Hospitals and PBS for Kids. The program brings grower-shippers and retailers together to help raise funds that stay in the local community.
PFK started as a one-time spring...
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What's New
Stemilt Growers had a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new, state-of-the-art cherry packingline at the company’s Euclid Street facility in Wenatchee, WA. Stemilt President West Mathison and owner-grower Kyle Mathison led a dedication and blessing of the line as part of its inaugural run.
“We’ve been tracking this electronic sizing and defect sorting technology...
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Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers will supply its customers with highly promotable volumes of conventional stone fruit from the Pacific Northwest this season. Based in Wenatchee, WA, the company is one of Washington’s premier tree fruit growers.
“The conditions have been good overall,” Marketing Director Scott Marboe told The Produce News.
Fruit is marketed under...
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Ravenna, OH-based Sirna & Sons Produce recently welcomed ANTHONY SIRNA to its sales team.
As a fourth-generation family member, he is the grandson of current Sirna & Sons CEO Joe Sirna and the son of company President Tom Sirna.
In his new position at Sirna & Sons, he will be working as...
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Late spring rains have West Coast tomato producers optimistic
As the first week of June was coming to a close, rainouts in East Coast baseball parks were mounting as wet weather gripped a swat...
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Jersey Fresh draws crowd to EPC
Nick Armata, Lou Solomon, Eric Mitchnick and Marvin Santana of E. Armata Inc.
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