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Specialty varieties play a central role in marketing potatoes and onions, marketers say.

Fresh Express is recalling Caesar Supreme salad kits after a random test yielded a positive result for E. coli.

Retail and consumer requests for bagged avocados have been inching upward for the past several years, but the onset of the coronavirus seems to have intensified that demand, grower-shippers say.

With recent retail scan data showing volume and dollar sales for apples down compared with a year ago, adjusting promotion and pricing strategies may be in order.

Alpine Fresh, Miami, is offering purple Brussels sprouts.

Get caught up on the big industry topics of the week with Packer Insight, this week featuring discussion of leafy greens traceability, private equity in produce and the New York Produce Show.

Catch up on what you missed at The Packer’s West Coast Produce Expo. Here’s the full video of Lessons from Retail - Online Grocery and What’s Ahead.

Catch up on what you missed at The Packer’s West Coast Produce Expo. Here’s the full video of Lessons from Retail - Opening stores and growing e-commerce in 2020.

The Idaho Potato Commission’s annual retail display contest will pamper a participant with a trip to a spa.

While COVID continues to change the landscape of consumer behavior, including holiday traditions and family gatherings, data suggests the herb category is surging in sales during this season.