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Quick, name one vegetable ready for snacking in its original form.

At Viva Fresh Expo on April 23, just outside Dallas in Grapevine, Texas, expect a live podcast broadcast on-site.

Imagine: Using drones to detect and remove landmines at Ukrainian farms. Or to deliver lettuces to a salad bar in North Carolina and pick apples from a commercial orchard in Wisconsin.

Top industry experts will share their insight about how technology can improve grocer warehouse and in-store operations in a free webinar at 1 p.m. Pacific/4 p.m. Eastern on March 30.

Brick Meets Click year-over-year analysis shows grocery pickup sales continues to capture the largest share of total online grocery sales at 47%, while delivery captures 37% and ship-to-home drops to 16%.

Don’t be afraid to get a little personal on social media, even on the business-focused Linkedin platform.

Willard “Bill” Bishop — who co-founded grocery digital analytics firm Brick Meets Click — died March 25. Bishop was 80.

Rolling mounds of vibrant color, prestige, limited-time availability — those are just a few shared qualities between a seemingly dissimilar supermarket area and a high-end sporting event.

Phoenix, Ariz.-based Sprouts Farmers Market will host its first-ever Sustainability Vendor Summit June 21-24, as part of the company’s commitment in bringing responsibly grown and sourced food to shoppers.

Everything you want to know about broccoli numbers.