PMG Produce Market Trends
Baldor Specialty Foods is not one to be left behind in trends.
Greensboro, N.C.-based The Fresh Market has navigated its way through all the 2023 trends lists by culling five it calls the “most delicious.”
NEW YORK — Check out who was at the Dec. 1 trade show in the heart of Manhattan and what they said.
FoodMix Marketing Communications used proprietary research to uncover how food and food channels are changing, innovating, improving — and even in some instances, going back to the basics in 2023.
Retailers including New Seasons Market, Niemann Foods and The Fresh Market are using Instacart tech — such as new Carrot Ads, FoodStorm, Caper Cart and Rosie features — online and in-store.
The Food as Medicine movement isn’t going anywhere. What is the retailer’s role?
We head back to the future to examine how 2022’s produce retail predictions panned out, and what’s in store for 2023.
Health and fitness platform Total Shape used Google data to examine vegan-related search terms used by residents in each state. The study also analyzed each state’s favorite source of vegan protein.
The South Texas Onion Committee is focusing on retail and consumer promotions for Texas 1015 sweet onions this season, with the support of a USDA specialty crop block grant.
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.
We better pay attention to Gen Z if we want our companies to survive and thrive — and the general public to eat more fresh produce.
Listen to the podcast chat: A large grocery wholesaler is partnering with a vertical farm company to grow greens on the premises of its distribution centers — improving faster, fresher access to retailers.
The online grocer’s forecast of five trends, reflecting industry influences and consumer interests, all apply to fresh produce.
Local Leaf Farms plans to reduce food miles and logistics headaches by opening as many as 20 small-footprint facilities across Canada by 2025.
You may think social media — aside from LinkedIn — can’t help you because you focus on industry customers, rather than consumers. That thinking can be a mistake.
Retailers, produce managers, merchandisers and marketers can also use the board trend for apple season, in making promotional campaigns, in print at point of sale or online at the virtual store and on social.
In less than a year, Flashfood has added 200-plus stores, including Giant Food, Giant Eagle, Food Lion, Loblaw and Meijer.
As a top-five fruit, shopkeepers should take great care when creating an orange offer.
Retailers may need to be more flexible this fall season on the size, region and variety of potatoes they’re willing to accept from suppliers.
Produce for Better Health focuses on influencers before and during IFPA’s show.
After scrolling, searching and, to be honest, doing what we normally do on social media, see what we liked about these posts from produce-focused professionals and companies on three major social media platforms.
Albertsons Cos., Boise, Idaho, has launched Flash grocery service, allowing customers to receive their DriveUp & Go and delivery orders in as little as 30 minutes.
Inspired by one of the 50,000 recipes on Food52.com? Now, with a Chicory partnership, shoppers can buy those ramps and rambutans with the click of a button — from their preferred local grocery retailer.
NEW YORK — We saw a human-size eggplant mascot, heard a Michelin-starred celebrity chef talk about mushrooms as a center-plate dish and much more at this year’s Plant Based World Expo at the Javits Center in Manhattan.
One of the benefits of packaged produce is the ease of correctly ringing it up, whether it’s the store cashier or the shopper doing it themselves with an app, a price gun, a smart cart or self-checkout station.
The new functionality on the Sincerely Health platform offers nutrition insights on grocery food purchases based on USDA’s MyPlate guidance.
The Mushroom Council’s partnership with one of the world’s largest digital food-media brands has proved fruitful.
Let’s talk return on investment, or ROI, for social media. These are the social strategies and beneficial results from retailers, marketers and a supplier.
The Food as Medicine movement just got even more real for the fresh produce industry.