Insiders say sustainability and consumers, and increasing consistent quality were a few topics discussed at the first Apple Quality Summit 2021, hosted by Hazel Technologies, Inc.
In 2020, Mario Cervantes of Hazel Technologies reported the company treated 3.2 billion lbs. of food and prevented more than 270 million lbs. from going to waste with its technologies–the Hazel 100™ 5g bin sachet and Hazel CA technologies, which help protect the quality of the fruit in bins, plus Hazel Datica which monitors cold storage in real time.
In sales industrywide, apples in 2020 were the second largest within fruit dollars–of the approximately $33 billion on fruit sales in 2020, while $7.2 billion went to berries, apples carved out $4 billion–an increase of 1.2 percent in dollars over the year prior. While that dollar increase may seem modest, Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics and Summit speaker said in pounds, apples moved more significantly. “We moved apples well in pounds –up 6.1
First Apple Summit touches on apple quality and consumer trends
Summer promotional opportunities. Sustainability and consumers. Increasing consistent quality. These were a few topics discussed at the first Apple Quality Summit 2021, hosted this past Friday by Hazel Technologies, Inc. In 2020, Mario Cervantes of Hazel Technologies reported the company treated 3.2 billion lbs. of food and prevented more than 270 million lbs. from going to waste with its technologies the Hazel 100™ 5g bin sachet and Hazel CA technologies, which help protect the quality of the fruit in bins, plus Hazel Datica which monitors cold storage in real time.
In sales industrywide, apples in 2020 were the second largest within fruit dollars of the approximately $33 billion on fruit sales in 2020, while $7.2 billion went to berries, apples carved out $4 billion an increase of 1.2 percent in dollars over the year prior. While that dollar increase may seem modest, Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics and Summit s
Apple quality solutions and market trends discussed at Quality Summit
Hazel Technologies, Inc. announces the first ever virtual Apple Quality Summit. The one-hour event will be held on Friday April 30th and feature keynote speakers from across the industry ahead of the 2021 Northern American apple season.
“Apples are a powerhouse within fruit the second largest behind berries and just ahead of grapes,” said Anne-Marie Roerink, principal of 210 Analytics and speaker at the Apple Quality Summit. The category size, in addition to the dynamic pre- and post-harvest technologies Hazel Tech® brings to the apple industry, are a few reasons to highlight this category at the summit.