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Produce
could score big on Super Bowl Sunday
The
Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals will take the field
as Super Bowl XLIII gets under way in Tampa, Fla., Feb. 1,
but several segments of the produce industry could emerge
big winners as millions of TV viewers gather around their
TV sets and - more importantly for growers, shippers and retailers-
their snack trays.
To
learn more. . .
*
Applications
available for leadership program
* Rabobank:
Demand for produce expected to grow
* Conference
to discuss economy, consumer behavior
* PACA
action
* Retail
Roundup
Outside
the Insider
* California
drought may mean costlier groceries (readingeagle.com)
* Top
chefs push Obama to improve food policy (yahoo.com)
* New
fruit variety may not be apple of your eye (suntimes.com)
* Strawberry
fields yield record year for state (venturacountystar.com)
* Affordable
menus a hit with patrons (bizjournals.com)
* [Great
Britain] Colour-coded sensor labels will tell customers the
perfect time to eat their fruit (dailymail.co.uk)
People
DONOVAN
FRANCIS has opened Flyline Distributors & Truck Brokers
LLC, Gilbert, Arizona.
STEVE
SPEARS is now on staff with P-R Farms Inc., Clovis, California.
ROBERT
(BOBBY) ALLEN is no longer with Atlantic Truck Brokers Inc.,
Fort Pierce, Florida.
CHARLIE
NEALIS has been named general manager of United Fruit &
Produce Co. Inc., St. Louis, Missouri.
ROGER
SHERMAN is now president of Produce Source Partners, Richmond,
Virginia. NORMAN SAVILLE is now chief executive officer of
the firm.
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