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Strong summer fruit performance augments continued vegetable gains
Editor’s note: click charts to enlarge. Five months after two of the biggest weeks in the history of food retailing,...
Kings, Balducci’s parent company accepts stalking horse bid
PRESS RELEASE: PARSIPPANY, N.J., Aug. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — KB US Holdings, Inc. (“KB or the Company”), parent company of the Kings Food...
On the road at H-E-B’s newest Austin store
AUSTIN, TX — I’ve been waiting for this store to open for a while, and I’m so glad I had...
Walmart, Target show strength of food
Right now, I bet Kohls wishes it had made a bigger deal with Aldi than it did with Planet Fitness....
Organic demand still exceeds supply
During the five months of pandemic fresh produce shopping, organic has outperformed conventional. As Organic Produce Network co-founder Tonya Antle...
Apeel cuts avocado waste 50 percent at German Edeka stores
Hamburg, Germany, and Santa Barbara, California, USA (August 18, 2020) – The Edeka Group and Apeel BB #:345580 are further...
Heinen’s partners with Afresh to cut food waste
SAN FRANCISCO, August 18, 2020 — Afresh, the first artificial intelligence-powered fresh food optimization platform for grocers, and Heinen’s BB...
Avocados and toilet paper
“The future of grocery may come down to how we buy things like toilet paper and avocados,” write John Rousseau...
Albertsons Companies partners with vertical farmer Plenty
BOISE, ID and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August 12, 2020 – Albertsons Companies, Inc. BB #:193326 and vertical-farming company Plenty...
Retail data shows produce demand softens
Editor’s note: Click charts to enlarge. Consumer concern over COVID-19 remains high but stable, with 57 percent being extremely concerned,...
Giumarra bridges the gap from farm to grocery with plane-delivered peaches
LOS ANGELES – The Giumarra Companies BB #:156835 recently completed a test flight shipment to deliver peaches grown in the...
Kroger Ship expands home delivery platform
CINCINNATI and BOSTON, Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Kroger Co. BB #:100073, America’s largest grocery retailer, today announced Kroger...
Wegmans recalls citrus products due to Listeria risk
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. BB #:104173 is recalling its four-pound bag of Valencia Oranges, two-pound bag of lemons, bulk lemons,...
Retail grows crops the vertical way
Eliminate the middleman: this piece of economic advice has been with us for a long time. One way to implement...
MAP: Sobeys continues Farm Boy expansion
PRESS RELEASE: Stellarton, N.S. (July 30, 2020): 43 Farm Boy locations in Ontario confirmed to date 3 stores in Ontario...
Brighter Bites, 99 Cents Only pilot coupon program
Houston, TX (August 3, 2020) – The continuing COVID-19 pandemic has brought much uncertainty into all of our lives, and...
Virus and economic pressure keep retail produce sales highly elevated
More than four months after the big spikes in grocery sales at the start of the pandemic, CPG sales continue...
Retail salad bars may never look the same
Salad bars won’t return to retail operations any time soon, and when and if they do, they won’t look like...
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