The National Mango Board has named Big Y Foods as the recipient of its prestigious Retailer of the Year Award. This award, presented Jan. 29 at the Big Y Foods Simsbury, CT, location, honors the brand for its outstanding contributions to the mango category, including significant year-over-year sales growth, innovative in-store promotions and successful consumer engagement campaigns. The Mango Retailer of the Year Award recognizes retailers that excel in supporting the mango industry. This honor is awarded to those who demonstrate exceptional dedication to the category through consistent

Mission Produce Inc. expanded its diversified sourcing strategy to provide a year-round supply of ripe avocados and mangos to the U.K. and European markets. Over the last year, Mission Produce has added to its global sourcing network to meet growing global demand for avocados and mangos. “The European and U.K. markets offer exciting opportunities for the growth of the avocado and mango categories — and Mission Produce is the go-to for supply reliability year-round,” said Paul Frowde, managing director, Mission Produce Europe and U.K. “About a third of global avocado imports went to Europe and

Avocados and mangos are charging into 2025 with strong momentum. From record dollar sales to increasing household penetration and shifting shopper behaviors, these categories are full of opportunity. In this month’s edition of AvoIntel, Mission Produce broke down five key trends driving category growth and what to know as you plan for business growth in 2025. Avocados and Mangos Both Hit Record Dollar Sales in 2024 Avocados and mangos continue to be dollar drivers at retail. Last year added an incremental $546 million in sales to the avocado category and $16 million to the mango category

Sit tight, suggest the executives who run Panorama Produce Sales. The mango segment should have an extremely strong winter season. The category, they note, just has to get through the next six or seven weeks.

Interesting what a difference one year can make. Officials at Continental Fresh expect the mango season to be much stronger this season than it was last year, thanks, in large part, to some interesting weather patterns in 2023. “Yes, we expect this season to be very promising for mangos,” said Albert Perez, the founder and CEO of the Miami-based grower, shipper and importer of fresh fruits and vegetables from Latin America. “Last year, both Ecuador and Peru faced severe setbacks due to El Niño, resulting in Ecuador’s mango crop being only about 40 percent of its previous season volume and Peru

The Mexican mango season is soon coming to an end with the last of the Keitt mangos coming out of northern Sinaloa. However, Splendid by Porvenir will be shipping fruit through the entire month of September, taking care of existing customers and open to covering new customers. Daniel Ibarra, president of Splendid by Porvenir, said the company is “extremely happy” with such a strong ending for the season: “Fruit has been great, beautiful blush and heavy volume with mainly big sizes 4/5/6s, characteristic of the Keitt variety.” He added that the supply from its own orchards as well as from other