The International Dairy Foods Association has sent a letter to Gov. Luis Fortuño urging him to oppose a bill currently in line for a vote at the Legislature that would would ban marketing, distributing and selling Ultra High Temperature milk that arrives to local warehouses 30 or more days after being manufactured.
Edible Arrangements, the specialty shop known for its hand-sculpted, fresh-fruit arrangements, announced an aggressive expansion plan to open 350 stores through 2012, of which at least five will be located in Puerto Rico, News is my Business has learned.
The island’s declining coffee industry got a shot in the arm Wednesday with the opening of Puerto Rico Coffee Roasters’ new $15 million roasting and distribution facility in Ponce that pursues revitalizing the sector and increasing manufacturing capacity to export the product.