2012 is looking to be a very healthy year and DOLE is ready for the picking with its year-round menu solutions. As Andrew Freeman points out in the Passion Collection 2012: The Hottest Trends and Predictions For Hotels, Restaurants and Spas In the Next Year, "Health Conscious Menu Items" will be a promising trend for the new year. DOLE Fresh Frozen Fruit allows operators to offer fruit-forward dishes in every season and www.dolefoodservice.com promotes creativity in the kitchen with a database of fruit recipes for every menu category as well as inventive DOLE Fruit pairings.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">www.dolefoodservice.com<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Purity.Organic Produce is presenting a new product this season, its “Heirloom Blend” organic fingerling potatoes. The launch marks more than a decade of work with Cinacia Farm. The blend is a trifecta of taste: the Russian Banana, the Ruby Crescent and the rare Purple Peruvian. Elizabeth Davis, category manager for Purity.Organic Produce states, “We’ve seen a lot more fingerling potato producers enter the market this year. Despite the increased competition, sales of Purity’s fingerlings have increased as much as 30% at some retailers for the 2011/2012 season.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">www.purityorganic.com<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Wawona Packing Co., LLC and Moonlight Packing Corporation are teaming up as Wawona Moonlight Global, LLC. This newly formed alliance will handle international import and export sales for stone fruit, grapes, blueberries, fall and citrus commodities and marketing for the collective companies. Leading the sales effort will be Tina Haga bringing 14 years of experience in import/export sales to Wawona Moonlight Global, LLC. The new venture operate out of both Wawona headquarters in Cutler, CA and Moonlight headquarters in Reedley, CA.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">www.wawonapacking.com<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">www.moonlightfruit.com<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
