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Tomato prices on the rise
Tomato prices are on the rise as spring volumes are well below average. F.O.B.s from Mexico have doubled in the...
There’s no going back for online grocery
Online grocery retail had already been steadily growing, but with the COVID-19 pandemic, with people homebound, it has exploded. “Grocery...
The coronavirus and citrus demand
“We are completely out of all vitamin C products.” I heard one pharmacist say this to another at my local...
Pandemic retail sales barely beat Easter 2019
Since the onset of coronavirus in the United States, grocery shopping patterns have been vastly different. Spending has been highly...
Brexit offers U.S. export opportunity amid pandemic
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact in the United Kingdom with the current death toll reaching some 18,000 and the...
Retail ad strategy needs more produce
Grocers, understandably, have reevaluated their ad strategy amid the COVID-19 crisis. I understand that a lot of categories, like canned...
E-commerce store checks reveal fresh produce challenges
A year ago, I wrote a column about online store checks. It was prompted by a talk I presented at...
Fruit needs a boost from all of us
Fruit sales dollars are on a troubling trend line. In the latest numbers from IRI, dollars are up only 7%...
Fresh fruit growth dips to single digits
The week of April 12th marked the year’s earlier Easter as well as the sixth week of the coronavirus-related grocery...
Organics prosper in a time of coronavirus
Like many parts of the grocery sector, the produce industry has mostly done well as a result of the coronavirus...
Pandemic strangles strong cantaloupe season
Imported cantaloupes saw strong volumes and a rising market until a mid-March crash caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prices seem...
Retail dollars and volume tell a story of foodservice loss
Every week since the COVID-19 crisis ramped up in the U.S., Anne-Marie Roerink and IRI have provided analysis of retail...
Sprouts pivots on pickup, plans to expand service nationwide
Over the next two weeks, Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market BB #:168563 plans to expand grocery pickup to all of its...
Bell Pepper volume crashes to meet fading demand
Bell pepper prices dropped in half after the mid-March stay-at-home orders forced restaurants and institutions to close and consumers shifted...
USDA lifts labeling requirements to allow re-distribution from foodservice to retail
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is committed to providing flexibilities to support the nation’s food...
Reconsidering single-use plastic bags
For a whole summer, our car smelled of garlic. We cleaned the car out, took out all garbage, looked under...
Retail fresh sales stay ahead in early April
As the COVID-19 outbreak accelerated across states during the first week of April, grocery shopping continued to be affected. Produce...
COVID-19 hits Florida growers hard
With foodservice demand drastically reduced and retail not able to make up the difference, many fruit and vegetable producers are...
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