Danaco Solutions has hired Jessie Garcia as senior manager of food safety and regulatory compliance. Garcia brought with her a deep expertise and ground-up approach to enhancing the company's food-safety standards across the supply chain. Based in St. Louis, Garcia brings more than a decade of hands-on experience in food safety, supported by a strong academic foundation in environmental science and food microbiology. Her unique perspective, developed through roles spanning QSR brands across the country, prioritizes achievable, sustainable food-safety programs. Garcia’s commitment to continuous

1-800-FLOWERS.COM Inc., a leading provider of thoughtful expressions designed to help inspire customers to give more, connect more and build more and better relationships, announced that Adolfo Villagomez was appointed as CEO on May 12. Villagomez succeeded Jim McCann, who remains executive chairman and is actively involved in the company. “We are thrilled to welcome Adolfo Villagomez as our new chief executive officer. His appointment marks an exciting and historic new chapter for 1-800-FLOWERS.COM as we shape the next generation of leadership,” said Jim McCann. “Adolfo is the first person

NuBerry Farms is a true 52-week berry supplier, with domestic production in Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, and Michigan, and import operations based in Peru to ensure consistent, year-round availability. The company also owns packing facilities in Georgia, New Jersey and Michigan, so it’s truly vertically integrated and a year-round blueberry company. The company specializes in conventional and organic blueberries, available in a full range of pack sizes — including its variety specific, Sweetest Pick packs. It also offers a locally grown Georgia blackberry program. “We’re especially excited

Atlantic Grocery Supply, the grocery division of Pompano, FL-based Sun Commodities Inc. (Sun Group), and C&S Wholesale Grocers LLC are partnering to provide wholesale supply solutions to retailers in the Caribbean, Central and South America. Sun Group has a deep history of supplying retailers throughout the Southeast region and the Caribbean. AGS, Sun Group’s grocery division, has continued to expand over the years. In this agreement with C&S, export customers will be supplied with the most competitive pricing and a vast grocery assortment of more than 40,000 items.

Vanguard Food LP, a privately held produce industry joint venture between Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, Sweat Equities and Village Farms International, closed a transaction that created a new, emerging leader in the North American produce industry. The transaction privatized certain assets and operations of Village Farms International’s fresh produce segment, leveraging decades of leadership in the cultivation, sales, marketing and distribution of produce with the intention of creating a premier branded CPG foods company supporting healthy lifestyles and sustainable farming practices.

With a 22 percent boost in entries this year, the 2025 Idaho Potato Lovers Display Contest put the spotlight on even more retail produce departments around the country — including nearly 140 winners of $150,000-plus in cash and prizes. “We added three more honorable mention awards for our 34th annual contest because there were just too many great entries,” said Ross Johnson, IPC vice president of retail. “We continued our expanded sweepstakes too, giving away three full-size Victrola digital jukebox packages to winners from each of the three IPC regions, along with their category managers