Produce Retail
To celebrate its 90th anniversary, the Chandler, Ariz.-based supermarket chain will try to break a Guinness World Records title, hold a Community Choice Charity Challenge, host grocery gift-card giveaways and more.
NEW YORK — A helmeted e-bike rider with a black backpack full of groceries bolted from a building’s double doors on a Thursday morning on the Lower East Side.
The Sustainable Produce Summit’s keynote was Neil Stern, CEO of Good Food Holdings — which operates Bristol Farms, Lazy Acres Natural Market, Metropolitan Market, New Seasons Market and New Leaf Community Markets.
The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, released its first quarter 2022 financial results to investors and the general public — with details on how fresh produce and digital initiatives are panning out.
Did you miss it? See who at the Retail Conference hosted by International Fresh Produce Association made important retail connections and learned the latest market research as well as solutions for today’s challenges.
As the driver approaches a store, the geolocation feature detects the driver’s location, sending push notifications to the store associate’s handheld device, allowing them to plan for a quick unload and turnaround.
The service will deliver ready-to-eat meals from the grocer’s deli to customers in as little as 30 minutes.
They rise early, just like a farmer or baker does, to begin the day.
Winners will get $10,000 in cash and prizes for this contest by the National Watermelon Promotion Board, running July through August.
The Giant Co. opened a 50,340-square-foot store in Richboro, Pa., with the company’s signature fresh departments, including its farm-fresh produce.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Produce industry professionals participate in the golf outing at the June 9-10 International Fresh Produce Association’s Retail Conference in Schaumburg, Ill.
Apollo Funds has agreed to acquire Cardenas Markets, an Ontario, Calif.-based grocer serving the Hispanic community.
Designed to reduce food waste and support farmers, the Sprouts program will sell discounted imperfect organic produce in 130 stores across California.
Watch PMG’s Produce Artist Award Series winner webinar where the judges and host Amy Sowder discuss the best of fall 2022, breaking down best practices, tricks and what to avoid when merchandising your produce in-store.
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See how the Schaumburg, Ill., Amazon Fresh’s store displays looked on a random day.
Customers will now be able to scan items with their phone as they shop — from loose items like weighted fresh produce to middle aisle products like cereal or canned goods — and pay for them using their mobile phones.
The Giant Co. has added four electric vehicles to its fleet to fulfill Giant Direct customer deliveries — keeping fresh produce fresh in the Philadelphia area — while reducing its environmental footprint.
The sixth annual Dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index shows that consumers are back to favoring grocery stores over the online retailer giant for their food purchases.
Private label continues to be elevated compared to the prior year, according to the Numerator’s Promo Shift Dashboard.
NEW YORK — When the invitation from Bowery Farming appeared in my e-mail inbox, a tingle of excitement sparked in me.
December’s strong monthly sales results and year-over-year gain were driven by positive trends for the online-order receiving method of pickup and mass retailers. Order values trailed inflation.
The dietary shopping filters on ShopRite.com are intended to help shoppers find food and recipes based on their needs — which almost certainly would include fresh produce.
Lidl is launching a private-label produce line called “Peak Harvest,” which will raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in January.
Albertsons Cos. is rolling out a predictive ordering and inventory management platform by Afresh Technologies across almost all of its banner stores nationwide.
An aging U.S. population and declining household size could weigh down online and in-person grocery sales in the next five years.
“We are all produce pushers,” said Lisa Coleman, director of healthy living at Giant Food, at the panel discussion on the future of the food-as-medicine movement.
The supermarket cooperative has launched an autonomous convenience shop for associates to test at its company offices in New Jersey.
From my very first supermarket, the repeat customers were a key component to that store’s success and business growth.
Can a grocery store offer solutions to seemingly almost every errand that a household needs accomplished — with an extensive produce department as well?