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Williamsville-based Tops Markets and Schenectady-based Price Chopper/Market 32 have completed a merger, enabling the combined companies to maintain separate brands with the benefits of scale and efficiencies.

The 124,000-square-foot facility will service a greater number of customers in Philadelphia and, for the first time in its history, in southern New Jersey.

Ontario, Calif.-based Costco is upping its global cuisine offerings with the new Tandoori Chicken Bowls with Green Chutney and Cool Yogurt Sauce from FiveStar Gourmet Foods, producers of the Simply Fresh Kitchen brand.

Misfits Market — a direct-to-consumer online grocery platform focusing on sustainability, affordability and accessibility — has launched in California, delivering to every zip code in the state.

Produce executives can have a better sense of what online grocery shopping will be like in 2022 after an October survey shows some stabilization at higher levels than in pre-pandemic times.

Consumer attitudes toward and preferences for produce packaging during the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the major points of discussion since the coronavirus crisis began in March 2020.

We sat down with Emily Trogdon and Kurt Aken of AmplifiedAg and its Vertical Roots brand to discuss their not-so common retail packaging initiatives, plus learn what they do, how and why — and what it means for retail.

Penn State researchers found an even more effective way to get children 3-5 years old to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Can you use this new finding in your marketing strategy?

Here’s what we learned — and what entertained us! — on produce-related social media this week.

In this week’s podcast episode, we wonder, why don’t produce brands use holiday packaging like other consumer packaged goods do?