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Costa Fruit & Produce & MRA Host Food Safety Symposium On Produce 
Some of the main speakers at the Food Safety Symposium on produce include (left to right). Manny Costa, program organizer and
president of Costa Fruit & Produce, Andrea Fontaine, lab director of Food Research Laboratories, Lisa Berger, Food Safety
Consulting and Peter Christie, program organizer and president of the Mass. Restaurant Association.
Yankee Food Service By Mike Berger More than 100 food service professionals including operators, chefs, and food service personnel met at the Waltham Woods Conference Center on Feb. 26 and were told by produce safety experts that minimizing the risk of food borne illness outbreaks is complicated but much of the responsibility of delivering safe product lies in the hands of operators and staff as well as providers and vendors. Manny Costa, president of Costa Fruit and Produce, and Peter Christie, president and chief executive officer of the Mass. Restaurant Assn. (MRA) hosted an afternoon food safety symposium on fresh produce with the emphasis on food safety from the growers and farmers, all the way up the food service supply chain to fresh produce delivered on the plates. Notable speakers besides Mr. Costa and Mr. Christie included Bryan Silbermann, president of the Produce Marketing Assn., Michael Jantscke, director of food safety for ProAct, Andrea Fontaine, lab director for Food Research Laboratories, and Lisa Berger, president of Berger Food Safety Consulting. Mr. Costa said the purpose of the symposium was to minimize the risk of a food borne illness through industry knowledge and education of best practices and to take an indepth look at food safety issues related to produce from the farm to the food service operator. The agenda for the Feb. 26 symposium discussed a range of food safety issues beginning in the growing area, through the supply chain, and right up to the kitchen handling level. DISCUSSIONS COVERED SUCH TOPICS AS...
Click here to read the entire article on the symposium Greening Our Goods & Services 
Costa’s New Environmentally Friendly Fleet - Less Greenhouse Gas Emissions,
Less Noise and Less Fuel Consumption. In and effort to become a more environmentally conscious company, Costa Fruit & Produce has developed an internal program called "Greening Our Goods and Services" The program has been in place for many years and continues to evolve as our company grows. As a specialist and leader in the produce industry, Costa has supported local farmers and the utilization of sustainable and organic farming methods for more than fifty years. In fact, to help growers run their farms more efficiently, Costa instituted a seven day net payment program for all produce and agricultural products grown or produced in New England by independent farmers and producers. With that said, please review the many environmentally friendly business practices that are now a part of our day to day operations and our "Greening Our Goods and Services" program. Energy Concervation: • New highly efficient warehouse lighting for safety and energy conservation. • 14,000 sq newly insulated loading dock. • Fruit and vegetable waste is shipped to local farms for composting and feed. • Participated in NRM (National Resource Management Co.) and NSTAR program Tracked Kilowatt usage to develop a conser-vation strategy. • HR Program to conserve energy within the (office) workplace. Association: • CERC - Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Conventions (Green Conventions) Waste Reduction: • All corrugated boxes are bailed and recycled weekly through JRM recycling • Tote program- "Enviro-totes" Recycling program for reduction of corrugated waste. Costa’s Fleet Upgrade: • Stealth Technology: Lower decibels and lower noise pollution. • Automatic Start/Stop Technology: Minimizes total engine hours with less fuel consumed and less evacuating exhaust. • R-404 Refrigerant: Meetsclean air “Zero Ozone Depletion”. • In Cab Control Technology: Safety Related, no need for driver to climb on cab to check readings. Quiet on the Set! Camera…Action! Costa Fruit & Produce makes its television debut on NECN’s restaurant review show ‘TV Diner’ hosted by Billy Costa (No relation) 
Manny Costa with Pyxis Production Company at Arena Farm in Concord, MA
Boston, MA August 06 – ‘If you are tuning in to dine out’ as they say on NECN’s hit restaurant review show TV Diner make sure you stay tuned for the ‘Fresh Idea of the Week‘ a new TV Diner segment scheduled to start this month. “When TV Diner approach us about the new show segment, we new it was a natural fit”, Said Mike Scuderi, Marketing Director, Costa Fruit & Produce. “After all, we are the Fresh Idea Company.” The segment will be a weekly tip on specialty produce items, locally grown produce, food safety, specialty foods and more. Although TV Diner has final creative approval, Costa will act as a content consultant and the segment will be followed by a thirty second spot about Costa. Many Costa employees are featured in the spot. “Rob Blacker, Jack Flynn and Dan Arredondo all did a great job.” Said Manny Costa, President, Costa Fruit & Produce. TV Diner airs on NECN (New England Cable News) Monday through Friday at 3:30 pm, Saturday at 10 AM and 7:00 pm and Sunday at 6:00 am. Click here to view Costa’s thirty second spot. You’ll need windows media player to watch. Click here for a free download. Click here To learn more about NECN’s TV Diner Costa's School Nutrition Program IMOVE hits a Homerun! May 2006 
IMOVE in lights at Fenway
Boston, MA; May 27, 2006– IMOVE, Costa ’s child nutrition program that rewards children for making healthy choices finishes a winning season at Fenway. Currently in nine middle schools throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire, IMOVE reaches over 8,000 children everyday with healthy meal options and the IMOVE mantra to ‘Choose Health’. An incentive based program, Children earn points for making healthy food choices in their school cafeteria. The healthier they eat the more points they earn, the more points they earn the greater the reward. With the help of the Boston Red Sox, and Red Sox Right Fielder, Gabe Kapler the IMOVE program finishes this school year with a bang. In a crowd of 36,000, the three top performing IMOVE schools were recognized during the Red Sox pre-game ceremonies on May 27th when the Red Sox played (and defeated) the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The schools were chosen based upon their level of participation in the IMOVE program and the top three were allowed to send a student to represent their school on the field. The schools represented included Keith Middle School, New Bedford MA, Stacy Middle School, Milford MA and the Charles Pierce Middle School, Milton MA. Each of the students won the day at Fenway by participating in an IMOVE raffle where the students earned chances to win every time they made a healthy food choice. “The Red Sox have been a great help in promoting health in the IMOVE schools.” Said Mike Scuderi, Marketing Director, Costa Fruit & Produce. “Gabe Kapler of the Boston Red Sox graciously agreed to visit the top performing school and donated signed baseballs to be included as part of the incentive program to eat healthy.” The Sox also provided other incentives such as game tickets and a visit from the Red Sox Mascot, Wally. On May 23rd, Gabe visited the Keith Middle School in New Bedford MA and spoke to four hundred 8th graders about the importance of eating healthy and living a healthy lifestyle. Alice Boswell, Foodservice Manager Said, “Gabe was GREAT!” and that it was a proud day for the City of New Bedford. New Bedford was the top performing school out of the nine that participated this year. Also on the field at Fenway was State Representative Peter Koutoujian, House Chair of the Joint Committee on public Health. Representative Koutoujian has been working with the foodservice industry to bring healthier foods to schools throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is also the producer of a new cable show, "Health on the Hill," Its goal is to inform viewers about health issues in the Legislature and is based on Koutoujian's newsletter of the same name. IMOVE looks to expand in September 2006 to 15 schools. “ The program continues to evolve as we learn more about what kids like and how to incorporate them within school food service operations.” Said Mike Scuderi, Marketing Director, Costa Fruit & Produce. “IMOVE is a great program but it becomes a really fantastic program when it has the ongoing collaboration of the School Administrators working in conjunction with the School Food Service. We simply have to keep in mind that it’s all about the Kids.” Click here to view more photos of IMOVE at Fenway Click here to view photos of Gabe Kapler visiting the Keith Middle School in New Bedford, MA Read News Article New Bedford Standard Times Massachusetts Restaurant Association Names Manny Costa, Purveyor Executive of the Year April 2006 
Manny Costa with Brian Silbernman, President of the PMA
and Peter Christie, President of the MRA Costa was honored for his leadership, innovation and commitment to the foodservice and hospitality industries in the areas of education, marketing and food safety.
Costa Receives National Foodservice Award 
(July 28) MONTEREY, Calif. — In a time when childhood obesity weighs heavy in the media and on the minds of
food suppliers, Manny Costa, president and chief executive officer of Boston-based Costa Fruit & Produce, decided
to take matters in his own hands and money from his own pockets to do something about it. Read Complete Article 
A Bloomn' BBQTo thank Costa and all its employees for their years of service and dedication, the Outback Steakhouse provided a spectacular down under BBQ at our facility in Boston. Delicious shrimp, chicken and steak were prepared to perfection by managers representing 13 Outback Steakhouse restaurants throughout New England. Steve Gerish and Don Leaper of Outback also presented Carmen Fuccillo with a first-of-its-kind vendor award for outstanding service. Carmen has been an employee of Costa for over 20 years. As an account manager, he specializes in multi-unit restaurant chains. As you might imagine, we were overwhelmed by their generosity. 
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