Produce Retail
Canada’s retail market is mature, consolidated and full of demand for produce, according to a USDA analysis of the country’s retail market.
From the moment shoppers enter the 87,500-square-foot Astor Place Wegmans — the Rochester, N.Y.-based grocer’s newest store — the fresh produce storytelling begins.
A new Columbia Business School study, “From People to Produce: How Appearance Bias Fuels Food Waste,” reveals how consumer preference for cosmetically perfect fruits and vegetables contributes to billions of pounds of food waste — meanwhile, companies like Misfits Market are working to change perceptions and reduce waste.
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?
The largest citrus fruit isn’t the Sumo citrus, as the name suggests. It’s not the pink, white or ruby red grapefruit either.
In the ever-present push and pull between produce buyer and supplier, here’s how to tip the scales in your favor.
The grocer has launched a new creative campaign, logo and packaging to celebrate 60 years of the brand, which includes packaged salads.
The new Ask Instacart search tool is designed to make meal planning easier, faster and more inspiring for grocery shoppers.
How much money is being lost if only 44% of food promotion plans sent down from corporate are executed accurately at the store level?
For the little grocery store standing on its own, there’s no data division providing insights that direct produce business decisions. Resources are limited. So, startups are brainstorming solutions.
Listen to learn: Why are produce buyers asking for nut bars? How does this help produce sales at retail or the overall basket ring?