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Hoping to entice consumers to put more fresh produce in their morning back-to-school routines, the Los Alamitos, Calif.-based company is promoting a variety of breakfast recipes featuring fruit and vegetables.

How to merchandise the dizzying number of Eastern apple varieties to drive sales in the produce department.

From “glocal” food to apples on Instagram, PMG Editor Amy Sowder upacks the August issue.

Produce shoppers will notice some changes in the next 10 weeks at local Gerrity’s supermarket, a northeastern Pennsylvania chain of 10 grocery stores — who announced in June their company was joining Wakefern.

Come Oct. 1, Hy-Vee Inc. will have a new CEO and president of retail operations and also chairman of the board of directors: Jeremy Gosch.

Convenience, snacking, functional nutrition and value-added were some themes seen throughout the trade show.

Four industry panelists discussed the solutions they see for the NEPC show’s education session topic, “How to Minimize Your Produce Supply Chain Challenges.”

The Giant Co. is trying to make the fall family table healthier with free cooking classes for all ages available for free on the Zoom video-chat platform. And we know healthy means fresh produce.

The contest was close, but Miller won. Get a taste of why in this video interview, and look forward to a more in-depth, multi-sourced story in the September-October issue of PMG magazine.

As those shining garnet globes pop up in stores this fall, don’t forget to market the functional health benefits, as well as snacking opportunities and recipe versatility of your fresh and dried cranberries.