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Kansas City, Kan.-based Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. has established a preferred partnership with TimeForge, a data-driven labor management software suite serving the retail grocery industry.

While Montreal and Quebecers — and produce professionals across North America — battle mounting challenges, two Canadian consumption studies discovered some sunny findings.

Los-Angeles based Wonderful Pistachios is furthering its investment in eSports through a new content partnership with streamer Brennon “GoldGlove” O’Neill.

It’s been a stressful 2021 so far for many nut and dried fruit growers and marketers, and it doesn’t look like the challenges will ease up before the year’s end.

When I think of sweet potatoes, I think of calling my mom back in college, asking for her sweet potato biscuit recipe, which was my nana’s recipe written in her one-room-schoolhouse-neat teacherly cursive script.

As part of its omnichannel growth, The GIANT Company together with Instacart announced the launch of GIANT Instant Delivery and MARTIN’S Instant Delivery.

I really cut my teeth writing (what else?) retail produce bulletins. Mike Aiton, our director, was the real writing wizard and had a couple of us supervisors rotate to cover the task.

A year ago I was hopeful that the North American produce industry would get behind the meaningful incorporation of sustainability practices in its businesses to help mitigate some of the biggest risks it is facing.

Stemilt’s dive into nostalgia marketing paid off during their most recent campaign around their signature variety, Rave® brand MN55 cultivar apples.

The Packer, a Farm Journal Media publication, is pleased to announce that Amy Sowder is now The Packer/PMG retail editor.