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Canada’s retail market is mature, consolidated and full of demand for produce, according to a USDA analysis of the country’s retail market.
The third ESG report from the specialty retailer outlines the company’s achievements on a range of sustainability topics and issues that include climate, community, packaging and sustainable packaging.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients are cutting back on grocery items twice as fast as non-recipients are, prioritizing cheaper brands and stocking up less.
The USDA has named the top crops produced in the U.S. that make the math-inspired holiday much sweeter.
Don’t cast them in a supporting role this winter and spring. The small but mighty brassica deserves time center stage.
Food and alcohol are leading New Year’s Eve spending anticipated in 2022, with most consumers celebrating at home or at modest parties, according to market research company Numerator.
An October report by FMI and Hartman Group confirms that consumers are adjusting holiday grocery shopping habits to mitigate inflation.
Fairtrade America released five key consumer trends that will impact how brands source ingredients and work to have a larger impact on people and the planet in 2022.
With supply and demand stressors all over the board during the early months of the pandemic, grocers were forced to adapt quickly and skillfully to ever-changing conditions.
Some online grocery survey results are actually surprising.
More than 70% of U.S. households ordered groceries — including fresh produce — online in 2021, at least once.
We pulled out the four trends that pertain to the produce industry from the predictions released by Chicago-based FoodMix Marketing Communications.
In March, total U.S. online grocery sales diminished to $8.7 billion from $9.3 billion in March 2021 — a 6% decline, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey fielded March 28 and 29.
Everything you want to know about broccoli numbers.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Produce retail data from the first half of 2022 show trends in the marketplace that can be used as opportunities for growth — as well as solutions for the industry’s ongoing challenges.
A Brick Meets Click and Mercatus grocery shopping survey shows mixed results across formats and services, revealing how inflation is affecting buying behaviors.
The sixth annual Dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index shows that consumers are back to favoring grocery stores over the online retailer giant for their food purchases.
Private label continues to be elevated compared to the prior year, according to the Numerator’s Promo Shift Dashboard.
December’s strong monthly sales results and year-over-year gain were driven by positive trends for the online-order receiving method of pickup and mass retailers. Order values trailed inflation.
An aging U.S. population and declining household size could weigh down online and in-person grocery sales in the next five years.
See what shoppers prefer when it comes to fruit packaging, culled from Circana data by Fusion, a produce marketing firm.
Market conditions are making berry imports even more desirable for retailers.
After bananas and apples, the perennial household favorites, tomatoes, typically go toe-to-toe with potatoes, carrots and onions jockeying for position in the shopping cart.
A recently released economic impact report shows agriculture’s impact on the U.S. economy, with top gains in economic output seen in Hawaii, North Dakota and New York.
If some produce marketer conjures a product line that actually convinces toddlers and preschoolers to eat more fresh vegetables, I will shower that person with prizes and adoration.
Consumer decisions don’t always make sense. Humans are systematically irrational, driven by the unconscious, said a behavioral scientist in a recent produce industry education session on consumer demand.
The crystal ball of historical data shows what could happen with organic and conventional produce prices, says Mike Mauti of Execulytics.