Merchandising
Fresh produce demand remains higher than usual at retail, even as panic buying subsides, and retailers are moving forward with promotional activity, albeit adjusted in some cases.
MountainKing Potatoes, Houston, is stepping up its social media presence as potato demand has rapidly increased at retail during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Crawford discusses how FreshDirect has worked to its online platform a positive experience for shoppers, and he discusses merchandising fresh food in the online space.
The famous, flavorful, limited-edition Hatch Chile pepper season has started earlier than predicted.
With Mid-Autumn festivities fast approaching in key Asian markets, T&G Global has launched an integrated marketing campaign to encourage consumers to celebrate full moon festivities with Envy apples.
The average U.S. promoted retail price for apples was up an average of 5% in 2021 compared with 2020.
With a total of 242 stores, Safeway holds a 21.63% market share in Northern California and Nevada, according to 2021 Shelby Market Data.
Retailers around the country gear up for festive and bountiful holiday produce displays.
Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Frieda’s Inc. is celebrating 60 years in business and is taking the opportunity to celebrate the innovations the company has contributed over the decades.
If retail is theater, produce takes center stage at Hy-Vee. The 285-store supermarket operates food and drug stores in a variety of formats. Hy-Vee has seen its produce department grow steadily over the past decade.
Ocean Spray has offered viewers an inventive holiday yule log video that features canned cranberry sauce.
The Los Alamitos, Calif.-based produce company is making the case to center produce as a food-as-medicine answer to support beleaguered shoppers surviving 2022’s cold and flu season.
Avocados From Mexico is partnering with the iconic color swatch company to launch an official avocado green hue.
With National Cherry Month in February, the Chilean Cherry Committee is offering merchandising materials and marketing programs to assist retailers.
A TikTok campaign is inviting viewers and influencers alike to post creative ways to crack Wonderful Pistachios to claim a chance to win cash and a year supply of pistachios.
Bee Sweet Citrus is reporting a strong supply of lemons, cara cara navel oranges and blood oranges this year in time for spring holiday promotions.
If produce sales jump after resetting the layout of the department, it has to be a success, right? Columnist Armand Lobato shares his own experience from witnessing the ups and downs of one merchandising modification.
With optimism abound in orchards, the association is also highlighting its school initiatives and plans to aid retailers.
Zespri is taking its “Taste the Obsession” consumer campaign to a new level by offering consumers a chance to win a trip to New Zealand to visit its orchards and meet its passionate growers.
Don’t miss out on sales because a customer wandered the store looking for an item they couldn’t find. Columnist Armand Lobato explains how your produce merchandising can help shoppers.
Welcome to PMG’s Produce Artist Award Series, a quarterly contest among produce managers and merchandisers, showcasing their produce artistry, strategy and know-how. See the winter 2023 contest winners in this webinar.
Can you do better than Brian’s citrus display — or Kasalya’s potato display? Take pics of your produce displays and enter the contest to inspire others, and for bragging rights, of course.
Like the regions where the produce originates and the people who eat them, tropicals are a diverse, beautiful lot.
Merchandising displays need to be more thoughtful than a simple pile o’ taters.
A partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment will include a limited-edition “The Polar Express” themed navel orange carton with a digital movie at participating retailers.
While some chains use a combination of hand-stacking and gentle pouring, depending on available labor and time, columnist Armand Lobato examines the pros and cons of both methods to see how they truly stack up.
Tanimura & Antle is promoting its Artisan sweet Italian red onions during peak season with a retail display contest running from mid-May through early July.
The 2022 Spring Produce Artist Award Series deadline to show off your produce displays from late winter and early spring is in less than two weeks.
At our live webinar at 1 p.m. Central Time May 26, find out who won for the best produce displays — and why.
The judges have made their decisions: They’ve voted for the winners of the 2022 Produce Artist Award Series Contest. Learn who won and what they did that was such a success.