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USDA Announces a Third Round of Farmers to Families Food Box Program Purchases

PRESS RELEASE: (Washington, D.C., July 24, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

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Sobeys expands Ocado-powered Voilà delivery to Toronto

PRESS RELEASE: STELLARTON, NS, June 22, 2020 /CNW/ – Today, Empire Company Limited BB #:116615 introduces the future of online grocery home delivery...

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Legislation aims to offset uncollectable debt due to COVID shutdowns

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 21, 2020) – Today, Representatives Darin LaHood (IL) and Jimmy Panetta (CA) introduced the Providing Liquidity for...

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USDA: We’re a burger nation

I guess you didn’t need me to tell you, but I will anyway: we are a burger nation. I tease...

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Celery supply returns to normal

Volume has shifted seasonally from Southern to Central California. VOLUME TOTAL, CELERY CONVENTIONAL FROM MAY 1ST THROUGH JULY 15TH When...

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‘Business will never be the same, and that’s OK,’ and other wisdom from foodservice executives

A panel of foodservice executives kicked off the Produce Marketing Association’s BB #:153748 Foodservice Delivered conference with a view from...

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Loss of events is a double hurt

Events are such a vital part of the produce industry. Not only is it important to see the products and...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Citrus exporters find hot U.S. market

Citrus exporters to the U.S. are finding a hot market this summer as retail demand has been explosive during the...

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Wendy’s Canada pledges 100% Canadian-grown greenhouse lettuce nationwide

PRESS RELEASE: TORONTO, July 14, 2020 /CNW/ – As part of its ongoing commitment to quality, sustainability and food safety,...

5 years ago 4 minute read

Fresh produce regains market share lost to canned and frozen

All 2020 holidays affected by the coronavirus pandemic have seen strong sales results, from Easter and Mother’s Day to Memorial...

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Gen Z resists stereotyping

There is a kind of paradox in talking about Generation Z (defined as people born roughly between 1995 and 2010)....

5 years ago 4 minute read

Summer fruit needs a boost

As we’re anticipating the latest sales numbers from PMA’s Produce Marketing Watch Weekly report by Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics,...

5 years ago 4 minute read

Cyclospora salad outbreak sickens 500+

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released this update July 9, 2020: FDA’s traceback investigation is ongoing to determine the...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Inside the food box whirlwind at Titan Farms

The U.S. Department of Agriculture saw a Farmers to Families Food Box Program need in the Southeast, and Titan Farms...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Fruit sales plummet in non-holiday week ending June 28

The week ending June 28 was the week in between Father’s Day and the Fourth of July, which means everyday...

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Chile pepper acreage in steep decline

The U.S. chile industry offers a paradoxical situation: a decline in the sector that grows crops for processing, but a...

5 years ago 4 minute read

Gen Z shops online, isn’t satisfied with it

A new study from the Retail Feedback Group found 50 percent of in-store supermarket shoppers also ordered groceries online during...

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Texas wedding planner jilted by USDA’s food box program

As the initial contract period for the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program drew to a close on June...

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