Fresh Solutions Network, LLC® (FSN) will exhibit again this year at the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) Global Produce and Floral Show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California October 16-18, 2025, at
FSN will exhibit the full Side Delights® portfolio of potato and onion products from the company's exhibiting partners, including Basin Gold Cooperative (WA & OR), NoKota Packers (ND), Michael Family Farms (OH), Masser Family of Companies (PA), and Mack Farms (FL). FSN farmers are independent, family-owned farms that grow, pack, sell and deliver fresh potatoes and onions to customers across the US and Canada. The farms "grow where it matters," spanning more than 65,000 acres in the U.S. and Canada across all major growing regions, seasons, and varieties.
The annual IFPA event includes educational sessions, networking, and two days of exhibits in the expo hall highlighting the industry's newest products and innovations. According to recent market trends from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), innovative, produce-based convenience products are capturing consumers' attention¹.
© Marieke Hemmes | FreshPlaza.comLela Reichart with Masser Family Companies and Kathleen Triou with Fresh Solutions Network at a trade show earlier this year.
"IFPA Global offers us opportunities to highlight our regional relevance alongside our national distribution scope, and showcase our product innovation from convenience to sustainability," said Kathleen Triou, president and CEO of Fresh Solutions Network. "Our consumer, category, industry, and trend insights help us identify and introduce innovations designed to increase consumer satisfaction, stimulate incremental purchases, drive supply chain efficiencies, and improve overall category vitality and performance."
The popularity of potatoes continues with U.S. retail sales volume increasing (+2.6 percent July 2024-June 2025), including all sizes of fresh potatoes sold in bags (87 percent of fresh potato volume sales)². Side Delights offers Russet, Idaho Russet, red, yellow, and white potatoes in five-pound, eight-pound and 10-pound clear poly, light-blocker, combo mesh bags. The company's complete potato portfolio includes Potato Kits, Popular Potatoes, Convenience Potatoes, Foodservice, Organic Potatoes, Fresh-Cut Potatoes and Petite Potatoes. SPUDS less-than-perfect potatoes were added to the potato portfolio in 2023 as part of the company's commitment to improving sustainable food management practices and reducing food waste.
The company's exhibiting partners will also showcase a robust product assortment of onions, the third-largest fresh vegetable industry in the U.S.
Show attendees are invited to visit the company at the show in booth #1632.
¹ Circana (IRI) compiles these figures by working directly with retailers.
² https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/food-technology-magazine/issues/2025/october/columns/consumers-innovation-drives-produce-growth
For more information:
Kathleen Triou
Fresh Solutions Network
Tel: +1 (209) 627-6800
[email protected]
https://www.freshsolutionsnet.com/
https://www.sidedelights.com/
https://grownwhereitmatters.com/
