PMG Produce Market Trends
Instacart Marketplace implements random-weight fresh produce ads, featuring specific brands and farms, for all of its grocery partners.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Amid fragrant jasmine, intense sunshine and a Camelback Mountain backdrop, digital marketers and retail dietitians mingled at Produce for Better Health’s Consumer Connection Conference.
We want to see your produce costumes this Halloween. Be inspired by Rob White and Brian Dey.
Listen to Episode 63 of our Tip of the Iceberg Podcast, featuring Rabobank fruit, vegetable and nut analyst Almuhanad Melhim, who uses his October report to discuss the future of organic produce demand post-pandemic.
Seen on Social: Our favorite posts of the week from the produce industry.
Read the newest issue of PMG magazine from cover to cover — digitally.
Here’s what we learned — and what entertained us! — on produce-related social media this week.
We’re all about the holidays here at The Packer and PMG. As foodies in the biz, we get excited about the (arguably) biggest food holiday of the year in late November, followed by other food-centric gatherings.
Shoppers are making decisions based on what they read rather than what they can touch, said Ray Connelly, vice president of supplier strategy at Los Gatos, Calif.-based Procurant.
Consumers want more of everything: More functional health benefits and more flavor explosions on their tongues.
Mike Mauti of Execulytics recommends two strategies to help retail buyers and suppliers maneuver through today’s challenges: Focus more on domestic programs and plan much more in advance for import programs.
When I stroll into my neighborhood grocery store with my toddler, my favorite clerk’s brown eyes light up.
PMG staff members discuss: How has the produce industry affected your lifestyle, off the clock?
The first appointees have experience at Raley’s, Smitty’s, Meijer, Ahold Delhaize, Schnucks, Bashas’, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Marks & Spencer, Associated Wholesale Grocers and International Fresh Produce Association.
You have the power to wield social media, to bend it to your will. The problem is figuring out what will benefit your company the most, how to do it, and what is the best use of your time and resources.
Whether or not shoppers do it in time for Mother’s Day, creating a snack board customized to Mom’s taste is a doable, trendy and thoughtful idea.
How do you convince mushroom haters to no longer hate?
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.
How to position packaged produce in these inflationary times.
Most of us have a smartphone by now, but have you ever used a smart cart at the grocery store? Join me as I try it out in this video.
Get an update on the consumer demand for contactless shopping, and some creative ways retailers are responding.
Convenience, snacking, functional nutrition and value-added were some themes seen throughout the trade show.
NEW YORK — Starting in 2019 and skipping 2020, the third Plant Based World Expo drew more than 250 exhibitors and more than 4,500 attendees Sept. 8-9, at the Javits Center in Manhattan.
If your supermarket or brand hasn’t created a guacamole-themed promotion or merchandising display in 2022, well, are you even trying?
The simplest definition of snacking is consuming food between main meals — but snacking has a bad reputation sometimes.
How are retailers and suppliers inserting fruit-and-vegetable ideas, tips and solutions to shoppers with young families in May and June?
Retailers and third-party companies teach their personal shoppers to select the right produce and handle consumer tastes.
The milestone was achieved in fewer than two years.