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After three long years, Eastern Produce Council’s John J. McAleavey Annual Casino Night is back.

Stop & Shop, a banner for Ahold Delhaize, was affected by the January product and labor shortages shortly after the winter holidays. Still, this Mount Kisco, N.Y., location used many effective merchandising strategies.

The Ontario, Calif.-based retailer is the latest to accept Electronic Benefits Transfer and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments via the online grocery platform.

I never knew I wanted to make an avocado rose, but now I know. I do. And I did.

In partnership with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, the company is awarding $300,000 in grants to projects focused on protecting water resources.

The fourth Eastern Produce Council Leadership Class — including produce retailer and supplier professionals — saw first-hand the increasing complexity of the produce logistics and distribution system.

In Episode 3 of Season 2 of the “Tip of the Iceberg” podcast, we meet Angela Scarfia, a bonafide exotic fruit expert — and in her “free” time, no less.

In March, total U.S. online grocery sales diminished to $8.7 billion from $9.3 billion in March 2021 — a 6% decline, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey fielded March 28 and 29.

The B Lab, a nonprofit organization, measures a company’s entire social and environmental impact in its standards for this certification.

Millions of consumers benefitted from Healthy Family Project’s annual Mission for Nutrition initiative — and so did produce brand partners.