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The latest grocery shopping survey from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus found that online sales rose to $9.3 billion in January as nearly 70 million households placed orders.

Tom Karst, Ashley Nickle and Amy Sowder discuss some of the top stories of the week, from immigration reform to PBH’s new State of the Plate report to new numbers on satisfaction with online grocery shopping.

The Environmental Working Group has released its 2021 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, also known as the “Dirty Dozen” list.

There’s no bigger sales lift in the spring than Easter week.

Here’s a conversation on why we write about the “Dirty Dozen,” why EWG’s messaging is damaging, and how produce companies can start sapping the power of this polarizing list by communicating their responsible practices.

In most years, I hear the phrase “the power of produce” and associate it with the great annual report presented at Southern Exposure, This year, it has another, more personal connotation for me.

Did you know, West Coast Produce Expo has a special hosted buyer program?

The latest FreshFacts on Retail report from the United Fresh Produce Association shows that the value-added segment continues to create big value for the produce industry.

The trends of more meals being consumed at home and more people focusing on health continued in January and boosted retail produce sales 9.7% compared to 2019.

Santa Maria, Calif.-based Gold Coast Packing is now offering 2-pound packs of value-added vegetables in response to new consumer shopping patterns.