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USDA forecasts modest growth for produce

Economic forecasting is a treacherous art, and one that would seem to be doomed to failure. It can only predict...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Food box future on new Ag Secretary Vilsack’s plate

With President Biden’s Agriculture Secretary nomination Tom Vilsack expected to be confirmed Feb. 23, it’s worth looking at what we’ll...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Produce IQ: Markets freeze with Texas

Overall produce markets gained 2 percent as a major winter storm plunged much of the U.S. into a deep freeze....

4 years ago 3 minute read

Inside the Texas weather retail apocalypse  

I thought the lines, the social media posts of product availability, and the hoarding common in the first weeks of...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Texas produce outlook: It’s bad, with assessments ongoing

Extreme low temperatures, power outages, gas shortages, and ice-covered roadways threaten crops and logistics across Texas. Rio Grande Valley grower-shippers...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Total Produce merger with Dole Food Co. brings public listing to U.S.

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Transaction Highlights: Total Produce plc, Europe’s leading fresh produce company, Dole Food Company, Inc. BB #:124463, and affiliates of...

4 years ago 13 minute read

Use analytics to make better decisions in 2021

Many produce companies have embraced—or at least acknowledged the importance of—using analytics and data to make business decisions. In 2021,...

4 years ago 4 minute read

The Fresh Market automates fresh ordering

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Specialty grocer The Fresh Market BB #:155863 is known for their high quality fresh meats, produce, prepared foods and...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Wish Farms expands to Oxnard, CA

Plant City, FL (February 16, 2021) – International grower and year-round marketer of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries, Wish Farms...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Moving forward in 2021

In the fall we turned our clocks back an hour, then focused on year-end activities including a rigorous financial and...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Just how popular is that TikTok feta tomato pasta?

Unless you live a blissful, social media-free existence, you’ve probably seen a brick of feta in a sea of tomatoes...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Why the trade commission ruled in favor of imported blueberries

The blueberry war is over—or at least a phase of it. On February 11, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)...

4 years ago 6 minute read

ALDI continues nationwide expansion with 100 new stores in 2021

PRESS RELEASE: BATAVIA, Ill., Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — “Grocery Value Leader”* ALDI BB #:116756 continues coast-to-coast expansion with new...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Liberty Fruit’s long-term food box experience 

Liberty Fruit Co., BB #:105664 has had a USDA Farmers to Families Food Box contract from the beginning, and while it’s been...

4 years ago 3 minute read

COVID Tech: The cost of investment

Coastline Family Farms BB #:141488 in Salinas, CA, spent over $20,000 upgrading technology infrastructure and equipment during the pandemic. Employees...

4 years ago 2 minute read

The Covid-19 vaccine: What’s it worth?

What’s a coronavirus vaccine worth? If you believe the Kroger BB #:100073 supermarket chain, it’s $100. That’s what it’s paying...

4 years ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Marketplace freezes with the Nor’easter

Prices for the overall ProduceIQ Index were deceptively buoyed by grapes and berries. While most categories suffered, grapes and berries...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Dole goes after bad habits in “Malnutrition” ad campaign

PRESS RELEASE: WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Committed to providing access to sustainable nutrition for 1 billion...

4 years ago 5 minute read

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