In support of the produce industry’s efforts to drive demand for more fresh produce, the Produce Marketing Association, Newark, Del., announced a strategic alliance with the Entertainment Resource & Marketing Association (ERMA), a Santa Monica, Calif.-based association of entertainment marketing professionals, to bring fresh produce center stage through television shows, movies and online entertainment.
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.