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International Fresh Produce Association has announced five winners of the IFPA Retail Merchant Innovation Awards Program.

Even after a great success, we have to keep vigilant to avoid a potential crash-and-burn. We must explore out-of-the-box solutions to today’s critical challenges.

As a top-five fruit, shopkeepers should take great care when creating an orange offer.

The first boxes of SnapDragon apples are arriving in stores as growers across New York state are handpicking the Crunch Time Apple Growers apple.

The grocery retailer invites private brand suppliers across categories — including fresh produce — to apply.

See who was at EPC’s 8th annual Apple Picking Event Oct. 8, at Melick Farm in Oldwick, N.J., established in memory of Joe DeLorenzo, former EPC president.

The “flattening of the curve” in price inflation is a welcome change following the consistent, significant, year-over-year price increases the U.S. has experienced every month from January to July 2022, IRI says.

Retailers may need to be more flexible this fall season on the size, region and variety of potatoes they’re willing to accept from suppliers.

Focal Systems will help Piggly Wiggly Midwest digitize entire stores to automate and optimize ordering, inventory management, merchandising and in-store labor — which could improve the freshness of produce.

I find it telling how resistant people are to calling that big produce industry show in Orlando at the end of October anything other than PMA.