If you’re not promoting your avocados front and center just before May 5, you’re missing a prime opportunity to increase sales. Yes, other types of fresh produce work great, too, for the Cinco de Mayo holiday.
The fourth Eastern Produce Council Leadership Class — including produce retailer and supplier professionals — saw first-hand the increasing complexity of the produce logistics and distribution system.
In Episode 3 of Season 2 of the “Tip of the Iceberg” podcast, we meet Angela Scarfia, a bonafide exotic fruit expert — and in her “free” time, no less.
In March, total U.S. online grocery sales diminished to $8.7 billion from $9.3 billion in March 2021 — a 6% decline, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey fielded March 28 and 29.
Families with young children are always pulled in a lot of directions, so to sell more fresh produce to them, it not only has to be appealing and accessible, it has to be easy.
