The government’s latest inflation report shows higher food prices continue to hound consumers, with grocery food prices in September up 13% compared with a year ago.
In the third quarter of 2022 retail fresh produce organic sales rose 4.1%, but volume was off 4.5% compared with the same period a year ago, according to a new report from Organic Produce Network and Category Partners.
Organic growers and marketers are facing the vice of higher input costs on one side and the desire to limit price increases for customers on the other.
For many years, retail organic sales seemed to increase at a minimum of 10% every year. Times change and the winds of inflation and worries about the economy are slowing the momentum toward organics.
Strong demand and higher pricing characterized the potato market in early November, and tight market conditions are expected to continue through the holidays.
Idaho potatoes are in tight supply this year, but that doesn’t mean an end to Idaho potato promotions, said Ross Johnson, vice president of retail and international for the Idaho Potato Commission.
