Produce Retail
Let’s peek into the brain of a retail produce manager succeeding at his job and learn from him. We’re talking about Chris Jorgensen, produce manager at a Food Lion store in Gloucester, Va.
The mass retailer’s $100 million delivery hub will be for Quebec and Atlantic Canada customers. The company is investing $330 million in a record number of store renovations in 2022.
Giant Eagle, Southeastern Grocers, CVS, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods Market and four dollar stores are all taking key steps in pesticide and pollinator protection.
The contest was close, but Miller won. Get a taste of why in this video interview, and look forward to a more in-depth, multi-sourced story in the September-October issue of PMG magazine.
As those shining garnet globes pop up in stores this fall, don’t forget to market the functional health benefits, as well as snacking opportunities and recipe versatility of your fresh and dried cranberries.
If your supermarket or brand hasn’t created a guacamole-themed promotion or merchandising display in 2022, well, are you even trying?
They’re called Hatchheads, a nickname reminiscent of the Deadhead fans who follow the Grateful Dead shows.
The other day, someone asked me if I like to eat papayas, to which I responded, “What kind of papayas?”
Listen to this podcast episode with host Amy Sowder and guest or watch the video to learn how to generate excitement with your region’s seasonal produce.
The simplest definition of snacking is consuming food between main meals — but snacking has a bad reputation sometimes.
The new concept features a convenient store-within-a-store format with a variety of fresh, on-trend meal options featuring fresh produce.
How many shoppers go beyond spinach and artichoke dip — and actually buy the whole, fresh artichoke?
Improve your store’s digital impulse sales of produce after learning the strategies these data, analytics, marketing and produce experts say works in e-commerce.
Retailers and third-party companies teach their personal shoppers to select the right produce and handle consumer tastes.
Video commerce platform Firework has released a beta version of possibly the first-ever generative, artificial intelligence live-shopping solution — and the pilot program is with a grocery retailer.
How has the work ethic evolved through the generations, and what motivates us?
The milestone was achieved in fewer than two years.
New York City-based Bowery, a vertical farming company serving more than 1,800 grocery stores and e-commerce platforms, expanded its ready-to-eat salad kits to all 166 Giant Food locations.
More than 4,645 people in the community — from former employees, longtime shoppers, family, colleagues and friends — posted tributes within two days after the death of the Northeastern grocer founder.
Learn how an award-winning partnership between The Fresh Market and Firework is inspiring shoppers to buy produce and other grocery ingredients while attending live virtual cooking events.
Move over, mushrooms: Meatballs, tacos and Bolognese can all be plant-based using walnut protein. And some social media influencers, as well as fruit and cheese brands, are chipping in to promote these nuts.
What stops a shopper from trying a new fruit or vegetable is often uncertainty: How to choose the right one, when it’s ripe enough to eat and how to cut it and use it.
Check out the winning mushroom display in PMG’s Winter 2023 contest of the Produce Artist Award Series, plus other mushroom display entries in the series.
CEA, or controlled environment agriculture, is not a consumer term, so panelists at the conference gave tips on what to focus on instead to sell more CEA produce at retail and restaurants.
United Natural Foods Inc. will eliminate 150 roles — mostly managers and supervisors — as part of its consolidation of four operating regions into three: East, Central and West.
OAK BROOK, Ill. — Grocery retail is transforming to meet the changing ways consumers shop and the technology created to meet these demands. But how does this affect fresh produce at retail?
Steve Mayer was promoted to president of Bashas’ Operating Cos., announced June 14, at a grand opening ceremony that also celebrated Bashas’ new headquarters in Chandler, Ariz.
In partnership with keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, the retailer’s funding to 23 recipients goes toward projects focused on food waste prevention, reduction and recovery.
Don’t miss opportunities to branch out and grow your produce sales in nontraditional markets.
Historically, about 40% of produce sales and unit volume at brick-and-mortar grocery stores are from impulse buys, experts say. How do you do that online?