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Total online grocery sales in May were 3.5 times higher than pre-pandemic levels, totaling $7.0 billion, according to the latest report from retail consulting firm Brick Meets Click.

PMG is once again showcasing great seasonal displays through its Produce Artist Award Series program, and all produce merchandisers, specialists and produce managers are welcome to participate.

These are the produce posts that caught our attention this week.

The battle over Mexican tomato prices has reared up again between warring grower groups.

Sunset received not one, but two prestigious flavor awards for two of its newest innovative products, YOWZERS™ red chili peppers and Lolli Bombs™, on-the-vine snacking tomatoes.

Kansas City, Kan.-based Associated Wholesale Grocers plans to expand next year with a new full-line wholesale division in the Upper Midwest, its ninth overall.

No one likes to play catch up. In fact, once you fall behind on something, it is far more difficult to recover. And stressful.

Consumers want strawberries and blueberries more and more as late summer melts into fall, while California battles the drought to give them what they want.

Last year, with pandemic shopping at its fullest, mushrooms were among the top three best-performing foods in the produce aisle in terms of year-over-year sales. And now what?

In this episode of Packer Insight, editor-in-chief Tom Karst, Northeast editor Amy Sowder and retail editor Ashley Nickle discuss the California water crisis, the tomato wars and recent acquisition activity.