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Grants totaling more than $40 million have been awarded to programs to give food stamp consumers incentives to eat more fruits and vegetables.

Year-over-year retail food price increases continue to be tame and more of the same is expected for 2020.

New research reveals that millennial shoppers who buy avocados are important both to the avocado category and to the entire produce department.

Green Thumb Farms has launched a program fall to discover and develop new potato varieties.

The Fishers, N.Y.-based New York Apple Association is kicking off the holiday season with new poly bags and a big holiday retail display contest.

USDA files administrative complaint against Custom Fresh Cuts Inc. Fresh Chill Solutions Inc., Global Electronics S A, May Malone Farm, Mcdannell Fruit Farm, & Rich’s Farm Market are new firms to the Market, plus more.

The demand for sustainability in packaging is growing but the choices in pursuit of that goal aren’t necessarily easy.

Ranking of the top retail chains in the Chicago market remains virtually unchanged from a year ago, said Bill Bishop, chief architect at Brick Meets Click, a Barrington, Ill.-based consulting firm.

Mr G International Produce Inc. has been Endorsed. McElhinny Farm, Moses L Yoder, Paul Horst Jr, Raymond Esch, and Sarah K Beiler are new companies to the Market. Blue Jack Farms, Herr Foods Inc. and other have updates.

Two more people have tested positive for hepatitis A in an outbreak that investigators believe is linked to consumption of fresh blackberries.