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Fresh Express acquisition of Dole Fresh Vegetables called off

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Dole plc has agreed with Fresh Express to terminate the previously announced agreement under which it would have acquired Dole’s Fresh Vegetables Division due to Justice Department intervention.

Kroger delivery quits Central Texas, South Florida

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Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., can’t handle the heat in South Florida and Central Texas. The company is closing its delivery-only concepts in both markets.

Cox Enterprises launches Cox Farms, one of the largest greenhouse growers in North America

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Cox Farms includes Mucci Farms and BrightFarms, and plans to continue to pursue additional ventures and investments in the indoor agriculture space.

ProduceIQ: March Madness meets Easter produce demand

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About as fickle as a March Madness bracket, Spring transition has arrived! In search of better-growing conditions, most produce commodities will transition northward over the next five weeks.

EWG releases 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce: The Dirty Dozen

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Non-organic produce is loaded with fungicides that may harm human hormone systems, according to the Environmental Working Group’s 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, released today.

ProduceIQ: A very lucky Weekly Market Highlights

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As the luck of the Irish would have it, we're kicking off this week's produce industry newsletter with updates that might make you feel like you've found a pot of gold.

Chicken chain denied Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing as debts pile up

- General News
A judge denied the second bankruptcy filing by the owner of rotisserie chicken chain Boston Market, leaving it on shaky financial ground.

GrubMarket acquires North Carolina wholesaler

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GrubMarket announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Salisbury, North Carolina-based Performance Produce, a well-respected and vertically integrated fresh produce business that sells over 80 different items, sourced primarily from the U.S. and Mexico.

CASE STUDY: A Leamington Hothouse Bankruptcy Part 1

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Lakeside Produce Inc., ended its journey when it filed an Assignment in Bankruptcy on January 17, 2023 in the Ontario Superior Bankruptcy Court.

ProduceIQ: March brings winter to the West and summer to the East

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California has turned into a real-life snow globe. Up to ten feet of snow is expected in parts of the Sierras. Although the late winter storm will impact logistics throughout the state for a few days, the snowpack and rain will only benefit the industry in the dry season.