Retail

Rio Grande Valley sees inventive independent retailers

While H-E-B and Walmart rule the roost throughout the Valley’s high-population areas, a handful of grocers have managed to find...

6 years ago 6 minute read

H-E-B: King of the Valley

In 1905, H-E-B was founded by Florence Butt as the C.C. Butt Grocery Store in Kerrville, Texas. Her son Howard...

6 years ago 3 minute read

Plastic-free efforts go bananas…literally

While Trader Joe’s in the U.S. has committed to reducing the amount of plastic packaging in its produce departments, most...

6 years ago 4 minute read

A Range of Retail in the Rio Grande

When it comes to grocery stores, the Rio Grande Valley offers a mixed bag. The region includes everything from big...

6 years ago 2 minute read

What is Walmart doing with small format stores?

A few stories have come across my news feed over the past few days suggesting Walmart is “quietly” closing stores...

6 years ago 2 minute read

E-commerce: the enemy of produce brands?

I gave a talk last week in Tubac, AZ, to the Association of Table Grape Growers of Mexico at their...

6 years ago 4 minute read

Walmart drops the ball with Savings Catcher cancellation

Users are livid that Bentonville, AR-based Walmart Inc. is cancelling its Savings Catcher program, which allows shoppers to scan their...

6 years ago 2 minute read

United Fresh releases 25 Retail Produce Manager Award Honorees

PRESS RELEASE Marking 15 years of recognizing exceptional retail produce managers, on March 18 United Fresh Produce Association announced the...

6 years ago 4 minute read

Dollar General paving way for fresh produce self-distribution

Goodlettsville, TN-based Dollar General’s expansion into fresh food is prompting the company to accelerate its self-distribution with a new DG...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Technology changes Quebec retail

Technological change—whether completely welcome or not—is coming to Quebec shopping. Walmart is investing in scan-and-go technology, betting that today’s customers,...

6 years ago 2 minute read

MAP: Where in Houston can you get Kroger’s driverless delivery?

HOUSTON, March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), America’s largest grocery retailer and Nuro, the robotics company transforming local commerce,...

6 years ago 4 minute read

Quebec retail responds to consumer demand

As is happening elsewhere in North America, foodservice in Quebec is reinventing itself as a category, with even the word...

6 years ago 3 minute read

Asking “Why?” as retail evolves

Remember pulling into a gas station when an attendant would pump your gas, check oil and tire pressure, and clean...

6 years ago 4 minute read

Apeel gets retail validation from Midwest chain

ORLANDO, FL – A Midwest retail chain tested Apeel’s plant-based coatings on its avocados and liked it enough to commit...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Wegmans tops another list

How can a company that operates in only six states rank so high in yet another nationwide list? In this...

6 years ago 1 minute read

SEPC: Retailers adjust to shifting consumer demand

ORLANDO, FL – Now that “produce department” has overtaken “price” as the No.1 reason consumers choose a grocery store, retailers...

6 years ago 3 minute read

SEPC: Translating science into action

ORLANDO, FL – Some of the smartest people in the produce industry work in food safety, but if that work...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Apeel Science Helping Martin’s to Virtually Eliminate Shrink in Avocado Category

PRESS RELEASE Just a few weeks in, Apeel Avocados are soon to represent 100% of the fresh avocados offered at...

6 years ago 4 minute read

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