Misfits Market's latest expansion brings fresh fruit and vegetables, dairy, meat, seafood, poultry, bread and more to customers in as fast as 15 minutes on Gopuff.
Frieda’s Specialty Produce suggests that retailers promote Stokes Purple sweet potatoes during the fall to help bring consumers into the produce department.
Just over a year after retiring from Milwaukee-based Roundy’s, and the banner that bears his name, Bob Mariano joined the board of directors of Gelson’s Markets.
Just as a baseball team can put on the shift if it knows a player tends to hit the ball to one side of the field, retailers can deliver more relevant offers to customers if they understand their tendencies.
Organics continue to roll up sales gains in the produce category. According to numbers from The Nielsen Co., organic produce grew 9% in dollars year-over-year and represented a 10% share of total produce as of Aug. 26.
StePac’s new line of produce packaging, showcased at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit in New Orleans, is designed to extend shelf life of herbs and whole fruits and vegetables, and fresh-cut salads.
Earthbound Farm is recalling 1,755 cases of its Organic Chopped Asian Style Salad Kit because some of the bags may contain dressing that includes egg and milk — allergens that aren’t listed on that kit’s label.
Fresh-cut fruit and vegetable company F&S Produce, Rosenhayn, N.J., is expanding its fresh and processed capabilities with the purchase of a General Mills Progresso Soup plant in Vineland, N.J.
(UPDATED Oct. 23) Mann Packing, citing a positive Listeria Monocytogenes test in one of its fresh-cut products in Canada, is recalling 34 products in the U.S. and 23 in Canada.
When they pick up a bunch of bananas, most consumers look for fruit that is beyond the solid green stage but not yet to the point where it’s starting to “speckle.”
Pacific Trellis Fruit will be importing a wide variety of grapes from Brazil starting in late October, through a new partnership with Labrunier, Brazil’s largest table grape grower.
As with other citrus production this year, mandarin volume out of California is expected to be down, growers say. But the category continues to explode in sales, often at the expense of navel oranges.
Trader Joe’s and Sprouts got a lot of ink recently after a Thasos Group report said they were the biggest losers, traffic-wise, in the wake of #AmazonWholeFoods.
Retailers, suppliers and others in the Northern California produce industry continue to find that the Anaheim, Calif.-based Fresh Produce & Floral Council plays an important role in the region’s produce industry.
After 11 years with the National Mango Board, Wendy McManus is preparing to move on to a new venture.
The retail program manager plans to leave in June, launching business coaching tailored to the produce industry.
As in many regions of the U.S., the Northern California retail scene, which has seen gradual changes over the years, could be on the verge of another shakeup.
Vidalia onion grower Shuman Produce will have cooking demos featuring sweet onions and sweet potatoes at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
