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Here’s what we learned — and what entertained us! — on produce-related social media this week.

In this week’s podcast episode, we wonder, why don’t produce brands use holiday packaging like other consumer packaged goods do?

If your Brussels sprouts aren’t smashing sales, the cruciferous vegetable that looks like a miniature cabbage may still be evoking whiffs of dirty wet socks. Use TikTok trends to change that: smash it.

It’s not for nothing that we refer to different social media — LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter in this case — as platforms.

Change has been the only constant since the spring of 2020, and we take a look at how retailers have adjusted and plan to adjust going into 2022.

Steve Williams, vice president of produce and floral at Southeastern Grocers Inc., won Produce Marketing Association’s Retail Merchant Innovation Award.

The appetite for celebrating is strong, so meeting consumers where they are may require a different approach to selling during this holiday period.

We’re all about the holidays here at The Packer and PMG. As foodies in the biz, we get excited about the (arguably) biggest food holiday of the year in late November, followed by other food-centric gatherings.

Ocado Retail is the first grocery retailer to have signed a carbon dioxide removal agreement with Climeworks.

What does BrightFarms’ acquisition of lēf Farms mean for retail demand for high-tech, indoor-grown leafy greens?