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It is again time to honor a well-deserving member of the potato growing community by nominating them for the Potato Man or Woman of the Year or Potato Man or Woman for All Seasons.

The Packer and Alibaba.com, one of the largest online commerce sites, are offering a free web seminar on steps produce companies can take to sell their products online.

Automation of communication, operations and data push produce into the new millennium

The latest Packer poll, “What element of tradeshows do you find the most useful?” helped gain insight into the tradeshow industry and how to best increase exhibitors’ return on investment (ROI).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared the U.S. is free of the plum pox virus, which harms stone fruit trees like peaches, and almonds.

Compared to all other parts of the years, the fall selling season used to be an afterthought to produce merchandiser and retailers.

The New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference and Trade Show will include more than 150 exhibitors and 40 educational sessions covering major vegetable, berry and tree-fruit crops, as well as special topics.

Brian Woods is the new Eastern U.S. account representative for The Packer and its sister publication, Produce Retailer magazine.

The biggest change in the past year at the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market is the hiring of Mark Smith.

Cincinnati-based Total Quality Logistics is seeing growth in contract business with produce shippers, company leaders said.

The Produce Marketing Association, Newark, Del., has appointed Richard Owen to vice president of membership and engagement for the Western U.S. and Canada.

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.

As we look ahead to The Packer’s 125th anniversary publication, we have been posting some articles and columns from previous anniversary editions.

CHICAGO — Jan Berk’s path can be divided into two main careers: media and agriculture.

Consulting firm Kantar has released its 2019 forecasts for the top U.S. retailers, a list that includes numerous grocery companies.

What single development changed the fresh produce industry the most in the past 25 years?

Costco reported $33.96 billion in net sales for the third quarter, an increase of 7.4% from the same period in 2018.

Dollar General generated $6.6 billion in net sales in the first quarter and saw comparable store sales grow 3.8%.

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