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Five years after the pandemic started, grocers are competing in a very different online grocery landscape where year-over-year growth has returned, driven by delivery and fueled by deep discounts, survey shows.
This new variety boasts more berries per plant, which allows the company to start it at its lowest price point.
Fresh Express encourages consumers to unleash creativity in the kitchen through a multi-phase “Express Yourself” initiative across streaming, social and digital.
Offering custom and common-branded promotional opportunities, merchandising strategies and education materials, the company says its AVO360 encourages customers to include avocados in their holiday celebrations.
The grocer says customers can now enjoy a seamless shopping experience with a variety of new and enhanced features that help customers, including the power of AI.
Helping manage retailers’ perishable category, Procurant Fresh AI is an artificial intelligence solution.
Jessica Haney, who joined the company in 2008, has been promoted to lead the its internal transportation management system.
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association presented an award to the greenhouse grower for its new paper lettuce bag, which is set to launch soon.
The company has added tomato industry veteran Daniel Heguertty to the team as the company expands into the tomato category, further diversifying its product line.
The U.S. mushroom grower says it is reducing prices on its full line of organic mushrooms by expanding domestic production to meet a 58.6% surge in demand over the past three years.