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Northwest pear growers project high-quality 16 million carton crop for 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. – September 8, 2021 – With harvest in full swing throughout the four growing regions of the Pacific...
Good Foods teams up with Brighter Bites to “Sack Hunger”
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. – Good Foods, BB #:326876 a category leader of plant based dips and good-for-you products, is teaming...
DMA Solutions reveals Q3/Q4 Marketing Matters topics
DALLAS – DMA Solutions, BB #:188910 a full-service marketing agency serving the fresh food and floral industry, reveals the upcoming...
HarvestHold by Verdant Technologies receives EPA registration
ST. PAUL, Minn. – After much industry buzz in 2020, Verdant Technologies announces the roll out of its HarvestHold Fresh...
C.H. Robinson encourages public to thank truck drivers through national campaign
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota — As the world finds itself still battling a pandemic, managing through unprecedented global supply chain disruption,...
USDA invests $700 million to provide relief to small producers impacted by COVID-19
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced it will soon publish Requests for Applications (RFAs)...
Food safety starts at the farm
September is National Food Safety Education Month and while our industry seems to live and breathe food safety, the upcoming...
Amazon adds cashier-less Just Walk Out technology to select Whole Foods stores
Originally published as an Amazon blog post by Dilip Kumar, Vice President, Physical Retail and Technology. Several years ago, our physical...
Publix expands to Kentucky
LAKELAND, Fla.–Today Publix Super Markets Inc. announced it has signed a lease for its first store in Kentucky. The Louisville...
Save A Lot sells 32 stores to newly-formed grocery investor Yellow Banana
CLEVELAND & CHICAGO & MILWAUKEE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Save A Lot, one of the largest discount grocery chains in the U.S., today announced...
Ag and food innovators selected for Rabobank FoodBytes! pitch program
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — FoodBytes! by Rabobank has unveiled the 45 companies selected to participate in its...
Online produce shoppers are channel-hoppers
Just four years ago, 10 percent of consumers surveyed by Category Partners reported buying groceries online, and zero percent said...
Oppy techs up grape category
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Providing year-round grape supplies through all major producing regions, the leading grower, marketer and distributor of...
ProduceIQ: Wildfires affect crops in CA and beyond
While astronauts watch from space as California wildfires spew smoke, the fresh produce industry is also keeping a birds-eye view...
Laser labeling: An alternative to PLU stickers
I will make a confession: I hate PLU labels. When I take them off apples, for example, unless I immediately...
Local Bounti closes $200MM in debt financing
HAMILTON, Mont., Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Breakthrough U.S. indoor agriculture company Local Bounti Corporation, today announced that is has...
Avocado food brand Chosen Foods gets private equity partner
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Butterfly, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector, today announced that it has reached...
Del Taco Group to expand in Florida
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Sept. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Del Taco Restaurants, Inc., the nation’s second largest Mexican quick service...