Tag: innovation

Companies kicked around the idea of bagged salad for foodservice applications in the late 1970s, but it wasn’t until the 1980s that Salinas, CA-based Fresh Express, Inc. bought the first packaged salad to market with a shelf life long enough to allow for retail distribution on a small scale.

Winners were chosen by a panel of judges at the event, and were announced just before the expo floor opened on April 6.

The selected companies were chosen from 370 applications from across the globe, based on their solutions in key areas that were identified as member innovation priorities, including sustainable supply chains, improved resource management, and the next frontier of nutrition.

I see a lot of trade shows in this business, so I like to think it takes a lot to get my attention when it comes to new product innovations. At the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Innovations Expo on Sept. 13, I found seven things that really jumped out at me.