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FiveStar Gourmet gives Feeding America 15,000 salads during crisis

FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., is donating 15,000 pre-packaged Simply Fresh brand meal salads to Feeding America.

Mar 31, 2020 by Chris Koger #Produce (General), #COVID-19, #Salad Mix, #Social Responsibility, #Social Responsibility, #COVID-19

Little Leaf Farms requires temperature checks, slows expansion

The new coronavirus has motivated precautions such as temperature checks for employees entering facilities and delayed the expansion of Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass., 35 miles outside of Boston.

Mar 30, 2020 by Amy Sowder #Produce (General), #COVID-19, #Northeast (U.S.), #Massachusetts, #Greenhouse, #Salad Mix, #COVID-19

Curation Foods plans include selling vegetable bag, tray business

Landec Corp., parent company of Curation Foods Inc., is considering selling off the company’s vegetable trays and bagged vegetables.

Mar 10, 2020 by Chris Koger #Produce (General), #Produce Retail, #Salad Mix

Dole recalls H-E-B Tuscan Herb salad kit due to possible allergens

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. is recalling H-E-B brand Tuscan Herb Salad Kits shipped to stores in Texas because of possible undeclared allergens.

Mar 09, 2020 by Chris Koger #Produce (General), #Produce Retail, #Salad Mix, #Recall

FDA outlines 2020 plan to stop E. coli outbreaks from leafy greens

The Food and Drug Administration has released its game plan for the year on resolving repeated E. coli outbreaks from romaine lettuce

Mar 05, 2020 by Chris Koger #Produce (General), #E. coli, #Outbreak, #FDA, #Romaine, #Salad Mix, #Lettuce, #California, #Arizona

Ahold-Delhaize offers BrightFarms salads in more stores

BrightFarms’ greenhouse salad products will be sold in more than 330 Food Lion stores in Virginia and other Ahold-Delhaize Mid-Atlantic stores through an expanded partnership with the retailer.

Feb 27, 2020 by Chris Koger #Produce (General), #Produce Retail, #Greenhouse, #Lettuce, #Salad Mix

Organic salad mix sales in 2019

Nearly one-quarter of salad mix buyers (24%) said they purchased organic greens at least some of the time over the past year, according to Organic Fresh Trends 2020.

Feb 26, 2020 by The Packer Staff #Produce (General), #Fresh Trends Data, #Salad Mix, #Organics

New Product Review: Chopped Collection from Eat Smart

Santa Maria, Calif.-based Curation Foods will be featuring its Chopped Collection salad lineup at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure.

Feb 22, 2020 by Ashley Nickle #Produce (General), #Produce Retail, #Salad Mix, #SEPC

Undeclared allergens lead to limited Ready Pac salad recall

A labeling error at a processing facility has led to the recall of 1,154 cases of Ready Pac brand Bistro Bowl Spinach Dijon Salads because of undeclared allergens.

Feb 11, 2020 by Chris Koger #Produce Retail, #Produce (General), #Recall, #Salad Mix

Eat Smart salad kits touch on diet, flavor trends

Curation Foods believes the salad kit space at retail is a key location to benefit from the plant-centered diet trend, and the company’s Eat Smart salad kits can capitalize on the trend.

Feb 04, 2020 by Chris Koger #Produce Retail, #Salad Mix, #Nutrition