J&J Family of Farms, Loxahatchee, Fla., and Thomas Produce Co., Boca Raton, Fla., entered into a strategic relationship that will combine their respective farm production to make available high-quality produce from approximately 14,000 acres of farmed land in the United States and Mexico.
Wholesale and custom fresh-cut produce company, 1st Quality Produce, Fresno, Calif., expanded into a new 35,000-square-foot remodeled facility, what is said to be the largest fresh-cut produce processing facility in California.
Field Fresh Foods, Inc., Gardena, Calif., acquired Superior Fresh Cuts, LLC, a Los Angeles-based fresh-cut produce processor serving Southern California foodservice distributors and industrial customers.
Urban Barns Foods Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding with Bamford Produce Company Ltd. for the purpose of establishing a collaborative business relationship between the two businesses.
Produce and dairy supplier The Coastal Cos., Savage, Md., announced plans to move into a new 240,000-square-foot facility in the first quarter of 2016.
Thin Film Electronics ASA, San Jose, Calif., entered into a commercial distribution agreement with PakSense, Inc., Boise, Idaho, to develop intelligent sensing products that monitor perishable goods.
Gulf Coast Produce of Alabama, Biloxi, Miss., announced plans to expand into the south Alabama market this summer, expanding the company's distribution of fresh produce, as well as frozen food, along the Gulf Coast in Alabama and Florida.