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The following articles from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” were published in 1993. 100 Who Made a Difference, Foundation Builders focuses on individuals who shaped the produce industry from its beginning.

Those are all points that suppliers need to have in the back of their mind when they sell product to their customers.

There are several different objectives that retailers are looking to satisfy through advertising.

The first thing to look at is why tonnage is important. And it's easy to forget about tonnage and think only about sales.

There are a lot of sophisticated ways to try and estimate what an additional SKU will give you in sales based on competing items and gaps in the marketplace.

The stores have good access to real-time data. They have an ability to get nearly minute-by-minute sales updates out of their systems.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993. Robert Kasmire writes of the positive impacts made in the produce industry from the development of temperature control.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993. Here is the foreword of "A Century of Produce."

After a couple of weeks of inching toward No. 1, figs secured the ranking of most searched item on Produce Market Guide during the week of July 1, switching places with cucumbers.

The following articles from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” were published in 1993. 100 Who Made a Difference, Foundation Builders focuses on individuals who shaped the produce industry from its beginning.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993. Here, Larry Waterfield shares some high and low points of The Packer's first 100 years.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993. In this article, Larry Waterfield shares the first 100 years of The Packer's history.

The following articles from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” were published in 1993. 100 Who Made a Difference, Foundation Builders focuses on individuals who shaped the produce industry from its beginning.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993.

The following article from The Packer's 75th-anniversary edition, was published in 1968.

The following articles from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” were published in 1993. 100 Who Made a Difference, Foundation Builders focuses on individuals who shaped the produce industry from its beginning.

The following articles from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” were published in 1993. 100 Who Made a Difference, Foundation Builders focuses on individuals who helped shape the produce industry from its beginning.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993. Roger Sims tells of the development of produce labels and how consistency and good quality will bring repeat sales.

Cucumbers remained on top as the No. 1 most searched item on Produce Market Guide the week of June 24, while watermelons and figs, the previous week's No. 2 and No. 3 commodities, switched places.

The following articles from The Packer's 75th-anniversary edition, were published in 1968.

The following articles from The Packer's 75th-anniversary edition, were published in 1968.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993.

In honor of the U.S. bicentennial, The Packer published a special preview issue celebrating 200 years of industry progress. The following article from The Packer's Bicentennial edition, was published in December 1975.

In honor of the U.S. bicentennial, The Packer published a special preview issue celebrating 200 years of industry progress. The following article from The Packer's Bicentennial edition, was published in December 1975.

The following article from The Packer's 75th-anniversary edition, was published in 1968.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993.

The following article from The Packer's “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993.

After a hot streak as the No. 1 most searched commodity on Produce Market Guide, summertime favorite watermelon yielded the title to cucumbers.

The following article from The Packer's 75th-anniversary edition, was published in 1968.

Watermelons achieved a monthlong streak as the No. 1 most-searched commodity on Produce Market Guide during the week of June 10, with cucumbers retaining the No. 2 spot for the second week.

For the third week in a row, watermelons have held the top spot as the most searched commodity on Produce Market Guide.

While watermelons remained the No. 1 most searched commodity last week on Produce Market Guide, there was some reshuffling among the top items as cherries, tomatoes and radishes broke into the top five.

Discover a variety of watermelon information such as; consumer trends, retail availability and trending sales statistics.

Current commodities trending on Produce Market Guide.

A lot had happened to produce promotion programs in the two decades preceding the formation of The Potato Board.

Only about 250,000 immigrants had come to America after the Revolution, up until 1819.

Discover a variety of tomato information such as; consumer trends, retail availability and trending sales statistics.

Discover a variety of bell pepper information such as; consumer trends, retail availability and trending sales statistics.

Current commodities trending on Produce Market Guide.

The Packer and Farm Star Living partner to deliver new content to produce industry and consumer audiences.

Dragon fruit demand has skyrocketed on Produce Market Guide last week.

Discover a variety of peach information such as; consumer trends, retail availability and trending sales statistics.

This special publication will be teeming with insight from industry leaders on an array of topics. Take a look at its variety of advertising possibilities.

The Packer seeks nominations from the produce industry for its annual Produce Man or Woman of the Year award, presented at the June 10-12 United Fresh Produce Association annual convention in Chicago.

Last week on Produce Market Guide searches for limes and chili peppers increase significantly.

Last week on Produce Market Guide searches for watermelon and orange content dominated demand.

Discover a variety of cherry information such as; consumer trends, retail availability and trending sales statistics.