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Retailers around the country gear up for festive and bountiful holiday produce displays.

The Packer recently connected with retailers planning to attend the much-anticipated IFPA show to learn what they hope to gain from the Orlando event.

Sometimes long stretches of travel between the stores gave co-workers ample time to talk about store issues, and produce ones, of course.

Stemilt’s Lil Snappers line of small apples and pears offers parents a convenient, healthy fruit option for their kids, says the Wenatchee, Wash.-based company.

Foodservice sales in the St. Louis, Mo., area have, for the most part, rebounded from the doldrums of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, some produce distributors say their restaurant business has surpassed 2019 levels.

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.

Shoppers want it all. They want seasonal produce grown by a local farmer, yet they also want that same produce in the off-season. And they want food from far-flung locales and cultures.