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B.C.-based company wins big in fall packaging competitions for corrugated, folding carton and labels. VANCOUVER, B.C., September, 2019 — Great Little Box Company Ltd. (GLBC) announced today that it has won 1st place and the coveted Judge’s Choice award in two categories at the AICC’s 2019 Independent Packaging Design Competition.   This biannual event …

Newark, Del. — At the most recent Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Board of Directors meeting in San Francisco, California, Dr. Bob Whitaker, PMA Chief Science & Technology Officer, announced his retirement from the organization in January 2020. When Whitaker joined the organization in 2008, he was PMA’s first chief science and …

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Bert Boyd, longtime sales and marketing leader for McFarland, California-based Pretty Lady Vineyards, died Feb. 12. He was 67. Boyd began his produce career at the age of 16 when his mother decided it was time he went to work. She informed him that she had gotten him a job as …

Press Release December 3, 2018 iLevel Management Inc. is excited to announce we have an industry veteran joining our team as the new SW Ontario Account Manager. Russell Wilson will join our team as of December 3, 2018. With 20 years combined sales and marketing experience in retail, distributor, broker …

SumOfUs Says Grocery Stores and Suppliers Put Consumer Health At Risk When Mislabeling Seafood for Profits  Over 12,000 Canadian-based members of the global consumer group SumOfUs have signed onto a new petition calling on the CFIA to curb fraudulently mislabeled seafood in Canadian grocery stories. The petition comes on the …

Preparations in full swing – The 5th COTECA will be held in Hamburg in October 2018 Hamburg, 31 May 2018 – It’s all about coffee, tea and cocoa at the major event in Hamburg from 10 to 12 October 2018, when the exhibition halls of Hamburg Messe host the 5th COTECA Coffee, Tea and Cocoa …

MAY/JUNE 2018 • VOLUME 104, NO.3 In this Issue Serving Western Canadians for 100 Years 9 Portugal & Back Olive oils in the Alentejo region 10 Grocery Industry Gathers at Western Canada’s Premier Conference & Trade Show 13 Beyond Fresh A Saleable Selection Strategy 17 Healthy, but still snacking Cookies …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MANN’S NOURISH BOWLS™ HONORED WITH INNOVATION AWARD AT NEW YORK PRODUCE SHOW SALINAS, Calif. – December 22, 2017 – Mann Packing announced today its Nourish Bowls – the only warm, veggie-based meal kits in market – received Produce Business’ first-annual Innovation Award, presented December 14th at the …