Retail

Packaged salad brand Fresh Express is leaning into digital promotions and contests this May for National Salad Month, offering more than $25,000 in prizes.
The Devens, Mass.-based cultivator of packaged lettuce grown through controlled environment agriculture is thinking big this National Salad Month.
Two produce firms were awarded federal fruit and vegetable supply contracts in early May.
In a move that could be dubbed “May Madness,” The Kroger Co. is promoting a brunch to celebrate Mother’s Day, complete with dessert and mimosas, all for less than $2 per serving.
To help drive new shoppers to stores, Zespri is launching a multichannel consumer campaign featuring digital advertising and sampling events for its SunGold Kiwifruit.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based CMI Orchards has unveiled its newest American Dream CatStats.
With summer on the horizon, so is the seasonal peak to salad consumption — and companies are ramping up efforts to bolster sales of crispy greens and related items.
Avocados have been called green “gold” for a reason. Marketers, fueled mainly by surging imports, have grown the fruit’s retail per capita availability from 4.8 pounds in 2011 to 7.4 pounds in 2019, the USDA says.
The USDA reports retail per capita availability of fresh pears has declined slightly in the past decade.
The brand says the revamped website features an enhanced experience for shoppers while serving as a resource to highlight sweet potatoes from the southern San Joaquin Valley of California.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 showed that 52% of all consumers said they purchased fresh strawberries in the past year.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 survey found that 58% of respondents said they purchased tomatoes in the past year.
American Cookware and the Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board are launching “Cooking the American Dream”, a social campaign that celebrates American-crafted cookware with Michigan asparagus.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 indicated that 59% of all consumers said they purchased onions in the past year.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 showed 18% of all consumers polled said they bought nectarines in the past year.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 survey indicated that 46% of all consumers purchased oranges last year.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 found that 43% of all consumers reported purchases of bell peppers in the previous year.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 survey showed that 17% of all consumers reported specialty pepper purchases in the past year.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 found that 38% of consumers indicated they purchased fresh pineapple last year.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 research indicated that 62% of consumers said they purchased potatoes in the past year.
The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 survey found that 24% of consumers reported raspberry purchases in the past year.
The brand is currently offering organic mini watermelons, organic cantaloupe and organic honeydew melons from Mexico and California to its East Coast customers.
Dole Food Co. is calling upon its top banana and pineapple to help families jump back into the back-to-school routine in the most fun way ever.
In their first year of collaboration, the Landover, Md.-based grocer and West Concord, Mass.-based impact tech company have mitigated nearly 1,400 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
Zespri is taking its “Taste the Obsession” consumer campaign to a new level by offering consumers a chance to win a trip to New Zealand to visit its orchards and meet its passionate growers.
Convenience and an ever-expanding array of varieties keep consumers coming back for more.
High rates of food insecurity in rural areas represent a market opportunity for food suppliers, a new report says.
Equifruit, North America’s largest importer of Fairtrade-certified bananas, continues to work closely with its partners to drive sales and tonnage at the store level.
The Hass Avocado Board’s retail recap reported sales volume and retail dollar holiday sales reached 182.7 million units and $194.9 million during the second quarter.
The lineup, which launched Sept. 5, includes special packaging for tropical berries, Sweet and Spooky Ramboos, blood oranges, red dragon fruit, and loose “spikey” rambutan.
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