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FreshDirect is starting its first loyalty program. The Bronx, N.Y.-based company trucks deliver fresh produce and groceries directly to homes across metropolitan New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.

Jonathan Charlton of UNFI sent us photos of some of his best summer produce displays for PMG’s summer contest of the Produce Artist Award Series. What about you? Do it before the deadline!

Natural Grocers, one of the largest family-operated organic, natural grocery retailers in the U.S., celebrates its 67th anniversary August 18-20 with Epic Savings, prizes, giveaways and more for shoppers.

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.

NEW YORK — Shoppers prefer to be flexitarian rather than vegan in their food choices the same way they’d rather be sober-curious than 100% abstinent in their drink choices, says FMI’s first plant-based report.

Whichever side of the lemon-water fence you reside, this wellness trend has merchandising and marketing opportunities for the popular yellow citrus.