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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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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