Dole Foods

Dole Fresh Vegetables, a division of Westlake Village, Calif.-based Dole Food Co., recently inked a new long-term contract with CHEP, a global pallet and container pooling leader, to continue shipping the majority of its products on CHEP pallets from its 12 facilities in California, Arizona, North Carolina and Ohio to major supermarket retailers, club stores, foodservice distributors and wholesalers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Store brands have built momentum during the recession. Will consumers stick with private label frozen when better days arrive? Or will they return to the national brands they used previously?

Whole Foods Market plans to begin using 61 fuel cell-powered forklifts supplied by Plug Power and GENCO Supply Chain Solutions in natural and organic foods retailer’s Landover, Md., distribution center.

Wada Farms Marketing Group, LLC, the exclusive marketer of potatoes, sweet potatoes and onions for Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., has expanded its sweet potato program to promote sales and consumption of the vegetable.

The Dole Food Co. has launched a campaign to connect with Hispanic consumers in Los Angeles through public entertainment events, and cash and juice prizes. The company said it could be expanded into other markets.

On the heels of an overview about the creation of a national industry-funded national fruit and vegetable promotion board in last month’s PG Fresh Trends Alert, Elizabeth Pivonka, president and CEO of the Wilmington, Del.-based Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH), reached out to share a comprehensive update about the latest developments of the trade in a late May memo, excerpts of which follow below.

A new slate of officers and directors has been nominated to serve on the United Fresh Produce Association’s board of directors, effective at the trade group’s April 20 meeting.

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