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While packaging costs continue to rise, innovation is tamping them down, at least somewhat, produce marketers and packaging manufacturers say.

Catch up with the notable news of the week in this conversation between The Packer’s editors Tom Karst, Chris Koger, Ashley Nickle and Amy Sowder.

Produce suppliers are working with packaging manufacturers to limit the excess materials that wind up in the waste stream.

Ark Foods has set out to challenge what grocery shoppers think when they hear “bell peppers.”

The packaging industry has an important teaching mission, in terms of recycling its products, marketers say.

Side Delights announced the launch of their new store locator function on the Grown Where it Matters website.

After securing a $1 million co-investment from the Digital Technology Supercluster, Wisebox Solutions’ DirectFood.store is expanding with its first location outside Canada to provide Charleston, S.C.

Dole Fresh Vegetables has added three salads to its FreshTakes Bowl Salads line.

Retail and consumer requests for bagged avocados have been inching upward for the past several years, but the onset of the coronavirus seems to have intensified that demand, grower-shippers say.

With recent retail scan data showing volume and dollar sales for apples down compared with a year ago, adjusting promotion and pricing strategies may be in order.