Produce Marketing
Schnucks Markets Inc., St. Louis, is pledging to buy more than $5 million of local produce and other goods this year.
California Giant Berry Farms is starting summer blueberry season with strong volumes in the Pacific Northwest.
Washington apple specialty license plates will be available to order from the Department of Licensing July 1.
Morning Kiss Organic, Chelsea, Mass., is adding gold kiwifruit to its list of products.
A & A Organic Farms, Watsonville, Calif., has added organic French beans from Guatemala to its list of items.
Bolthouse Farms has found strong demand for its produce beverages that promote health since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Frey Farms offers both functional and better-for-you beverage options, with ambitions to grow distribution throughout the country.
Marketing to different ethnic and demographic groups requires flexibility and a diverse portfolio of products, marketers say.
Potato and onion suppliers say they will have plenty of product on hand for Thanksgiving and Christmas feasts in 2020.
Specialty varieties play a central role in marketing potatoes and onions, marketers say.
Potato and onion marketers say COVID-19 has forced them to alter plans in certain channels, but the pandemic hasn’t stopped them.
Organic onion and potato sales continue to trend upward, even during the COVID-19 pandemic — and, perhaps because of the pandemic, marketers say.
Even as they stay home to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers are still getting out, if only via their computers and smart phones, and onion marketers are looking at social media initiatives.
COVID-19 has had a profound effect on the economy of Florida, nearly stopping tourism and related industry in its tracks since mid-March.
The COVID-19 pandemic had the 400-500 members of the Greeley, Colo.-based National Onion Association wondering whether they would have their summer meeting, as scheduled, July 15-18 in Nashville, Tenn.
Among fruit and tree nuts, pecan acreage rates are at the top of the heap in Arkansas.
The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association is consolidating its resources for children, educating them on fresh fruits and vegetables.
Sustainability is more than a buzzword in packaging these days; it’s common sense, manufacturers say.
A 2019 study conducted by IRI, a Chicago-based market intelligence and analytics company, found that Side Delights Steamables is leading the microwave/steamable potato segment.
As part of its ongoing 10-year anniversary, Tasteful Selections is focusing on the diverse flavors and recipes of its potato products.
A trial with GS1 US and four traceability solution providers has shown that multiple traceability systems can interoperate, exchanging information on a product’s supply chain journey in the food system.
Sometimes there is a steep upfront cost to change the way you operate your business in order to benefit the environment. And sometimes there isn’t.
Quebec Produce Marketing Association is hosting a free webinar on the pandemic and how it has affected fresh produce consumption.
Bowery Farming, New York, N.Y., is hosting a virtual happy hour to kick off the United Fresh LIVE! conference and trade show June 15-19.
In March, tropicals were the last items on shoppers’ lists as they rushed to stock up on potatoes, apples and canned beans to survive the pandemic.
While package makers focus on minimizing waste that ends up in landfills, they’re also mindful to minimize biodegradable waste by developing bags, clamshells and boxes that protect product shelf life, marketers say.
Online grocery purchasing and delivery will continue to spread, long after the current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has dissipated, and the packaging industry likely will grow with it, marketers say.
Many unanswered questions still hang over the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, but the health crisis, which froze some food sales outlets and forced major alterations in others, also changed consumer buying habits.
Dried fruit cooperative Sun-Maid Growers of California, Kingsburg, has been named one of the U.S. Best Managed Companies.
Using fewer materials in packaging for fresh produce costs less in dollars as well as environmental impact, marketers say.