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.
When one of the nation’s largest fresh-cut produce companies decides to invest in the innovative, startup-filled agtech sector, the industry notices.
Bagged and bulk avocado sales trends are examined in a new study from the Hass Avocado Board.
Hazel Technologies’ flagship product, Hazel 100, takes an innovative approach to a technology the apple industry has used for the last 20 years and companies across the apple supply chain are taking notice.
The U.S. online grocery market generated $8.6 billion in sales during August, a gain of 4.7% versus a year ago.
NatureSweet is proud to bring its new “To Go” line, a highly innovative product that combines three different innovations into a first in the snacking tomato category.
Natural Delights replaces traditional Date Rolls with the launch of Mini Medjools, a new snacking line with blended Medjool dates and other wholesome ingredients including nut butters, seeds, nuts, and fruit.
Fall is all about the harvest bounty — bubbling hot jonathan apple pies adorned with sugary laced lattice tops, jack-o-lantern pumpkins, ornamental gourds, sweet fall grapes, hard squash and crunchy apples.
Bolthouse Farms, makers of the Wunderoots line of carrot-based alternatives to traditional foods, partnered with Little Big Brands to create the brand which captures a sense of fun and culinary adventure.
Two retail experts will give their views on online grocery trends at the in-person New England Produce Council Produce, Floral & Food Service Expo.
For the past 13 years, Reidsville, Ga.-based Shuman Farms has distributed special, pink RealSweet® onion bags, display bins, and POS during the month of October to support breast cancer awareness.
Summer may be gone, but the sunshine continues! Join The Packer and Produce Market Guide for the 2021 Summer Produce Artist Award Series results webinar, Oct. 6 at 1:00 pm CT.
Imagine: A celebrity with millions of fans tells the world about her love for your product. What would that mean to your sales?
Retail sales of fresh Hass avocados remained above the pre-pandemic levels of 2019 during the second quarter key holidays of 2021, while year-over-year sales softened.
Customers never like selecting what they consider is leftovers, even if what’s available is pristine.
Starr Ranch Growers is greeting fall apple harvest with new Fair Trade USA Authorization.
Good Foods, a category leader of plant based dips and good-for-you products, announces the addition of Spicy Queso Blanco to its plant based dip line.
The marketing year that ended in June 2021 was unlike any year the potato industry has ever experienced.
Procurant has announced the successful implementation of the Procurant One technology platform for purchasing and order management across Albertsons Companies Inc.
In a Sept. 30 letter to Whole Foods Market employees published on the retailer’s website, Whole Foods Co-Founder and CEO John Mackey announced he will transition to retirement over the next year.
“I started in the grocery industry in 1986 at a small independent in Klamath Falls, Ore., called Y Market Basket. I fell in love with produce from Day 1.”
Occasionally a store manager would call for assistance, usually after their produce department’s gross profit turned out low, and the shrink figure high. They wanted a fix. Right away.
For years I would preach from the BrandStorm stage about the trends in brand marketing and small but impactful strategies to grow individual businesses and overall consumption of fresh produce through marketing.
Pazazz is a premium apple hit for its bursting flavor, great texture and season long availability, but that’s never been truer than this year.
A campaign refresh is debuting in stores this year for the Produce for Kids Publix fall cause marketing campaign that raises funds for local Feeding America® food banks.
Inflation is still far from tamed, the newest data from the government show.
FarmboxRx, a first-of-its-kind nutrition program pioneering the ‘Food as Medicine’ movement within healthcare, announced it will be the first and only national online grocer to accept SNAP/EBT benefits.
Thanksgiving is the most bankable holiday of the year for produce sellers, but the other fall and winter holidays aren’t too shabby either.
The Hunts Point Produce Market’s annual Thanksgiving-time food donation event will return, and it will hit all five boroughs.
Talks with produce merchandising experts, marketing gurus and data strategists have caused some ideas to gel when it comes to merchandising your produce during the fast-approaching holiday season.
Square Roots and Gordon Food Service held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate their new indoor farm opening in Michigan.