Kowalski’s: Listening to Its Customers Since Day One
Originally printed in the April 2022 issue of Produce Business. When the late Jim Kowalski and his wife, Mary Anne, opened their first Kowalski’s Market… Read More
Originally printed in the April 2022 issue of Produce Business. When the late Jim Kowalski and his wife, Mary Anne, opened their first Kowalski’s Market… Read More
Originally printed in the March 2022 issue of Produce Business. I started working at A&J Produce Corporation last May, thrilled to have the opportunity to… Read More
Produce offerings, outlets, restaurants and consumption reflect Toronto’s population. Originally printed in the March 2022 issue of Produce Business.
It was 1977 when Claire Engel joined Engel’s Market, the Pittsburgh produce store her father purchased back in 1966.
Once seen as exotic, mangos are now the most popular fruit in the world, and part of a typical U.S. shopper’s grocery list, thanks to… Read More
How Tony Mirack got into the produce industry three decades ago was purely happenstance. “My friend referred me to interview at a supermarket, where they had positions for a receiver and a produce clerk,” Mirack says. “I told them I had experience as a receiver, so I preferred that position. They called me back saying they had good and bad news; I was hired as a produce clerk rather than in receiving.”
Originally printed in the November 2021 issue of Produce Business. Everyone in the produce industry is accustomed to expecting the unexpected on any given day…. Read More
Detroit retailers and wholesalers pride themselves on supplying fresh produce.
When John Vena joined his family business, a wholesaler/importer of avocados, plantains, mangos and other specialty items, which was established by his grandfather in 1919, he wasn’t 100% sure it was for him.
Originally printed in the October 2021 issue of Produce Business. Back in March of 2020 when the pandemic made its swift encroachment upon the produce… Read More