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The
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PMA
names 2008 keynote speakers
Businessman
Jack Welch, White House veteran Tony Snow and Harley-Davidson
brand revitalizer Ken Schmidt will join Produce Marketing
Association president and chief executive officer Bryan Silbermann
as headliners at the PMA 2008 Fresh Summit International Convention
and Exposition Oct. 24-27 in Orlando, Fla., according to a
news release.
To
learn more. . .
*
Safeway,
Wal-Mart plan smaller-format stores
* Affleck
resigns avocado commission post
* Ag
listening sessions set in California
* PACA
action
* Retail
Roundup
Outside
the Insider
* Produce
for Kids study: Only 18 percent of kids are eating three servings
of fresh fruits and vegetables (yahoo.com)
* New
lab in Immokalee uses high-tech equipment to screen citrus
for greening (naplesnews.com)
* Firms
seek patents on 'climate ready' altered crops (washingtonpost.com)
* Kroger's
special: Itself (wsj.com)
* Market
spotlight: Banana producers (forbes.com)
* [Australia]
Tax rebate on fruit and vegetables plan (news.com.au)
People
JENNIFER
ROUCH has returned to Superior Sales Inc., Kingsburg, California.
MIKE HARRIS
has left Westlake Produce Co., Winter Haven, Florida.
ALLEN
WARNER has joined sales for George A. Heimos Produce Co. Inc.,
St. Louis, Missouri.
LARRY
HUCKEBA of Cargo-Master Inc., Dallas, Texas, has retired.
PATRICIA
MCDONALD of Rasmussen Marketing Inc., Yakima, Washington,
has retired and is no longer associated with the company.
DAVE JACKSON
is no longer with Pier-C Logistics Inc., Leamington, Ontario,
Canada.
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