Retail

COVID-19 Grocery Trends Week 11: fresh produce sales up 14%

Memorial Day signals the traditional start of the summer grilling season, with meat and produce promotions typically dominating the front...

5 years ago 11 minute read

Dan ‘The Produce Man’ Avakian joins FreshXperts

FreshXperts BB #:261158 is excited to announce the addition of Dan Avakian, aka “Dan the Produce Man”, to the FreshXperts...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Can grocery salad bars survive the pandemic?

Dierbergs Markets BB #:159059 in Missouri made the national news for its clever repurposing of its self-serve salad bars with...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Hy-Vee and Robinson Fresh donate 50,000 mangos

Eden Prairie, Minn. (May 28, 2020)—Robinson Fresh BB #:100586, a leader in fresh produce sourcing and supply chain solutions, today...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Southeastern Grocers to expand in Florida with eight new stores

JACKSONVILLE, FL –(BUSINESS WIRE)– Southeastern Grocers, Inc. (SEG), parent company and home of BI-LO, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and...

5 years ago 4 minute read

COVID-19 grocery shopping week 10: fresh produce sales up 16%

Two months after panic purchases drove the biggest sales weeks in the history of modern grocery retailing, coronavirus-related shopping patterns...

5 years ago 11 minute read

How many grocery stores are too many?

In 1999-2000, when I lived in Brooklyn, I found a retail grocery landscape far different from any I’d known living...

5 years ago 5 minute read

Do we trust farmers markets during COVID?

Pamela and Anne-Marie discuss COVID-19 retail sales for week 9, the week ending May 10. Fresh fruit and vegetable sales...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Fresh sales hold steady in week 9, up 17%

In the ninth week of coronavirus-related shopping, patterns continued to evolve. Between the typical Mother’s Day sales boost and shoppers...

5 years ago 13 minute read

Amazon turns Whole Foods stores dark in online grocery catch-up

When Amazon bought Whole Foods BB #:147784, I immediately thought Amazon would convert part of each of the 400+ Whole...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Online grocery jumped 5 years ahead

Data geeks who have been monitoring the growth of online grocery saw its popularity growing steadily, but not necessarily quickly....

5 years ago 14 minute read

Produce growth stays strong, up 17%

Two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, grocery patterns continue to evolve. Initially, trips were plentiful as consumers sought to stock...

5 years ago 14 minute read

How meat shortages are helping produce sales

Consumers are reacting to mainstream media reports of supply chain challenges in meat by panic-buying and stocking up, and fresh...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Sprouts plans three new distribution centers, shifts promotion priorities

While Sprouts Farmers Market BB #:168563 joined the list of retailers posting double-digit same-store sales amid the COVID-19 crisis, the...

5 years ago 4 minute read

Bill introduced to drastically increase WIC fresh produce voucher value

PRESS RELEASE: WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 6, 2020) – United Fresh Produce Association BB #:145458  applauds the introduction of the WIC...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Produce sales jump in late April shopping surge

During the last full week of April, grocery shopping patterns remained vastly different. Since early March, food spending has been...

5 years ago 12 minute read

Is the freezer case a threat to the fresh produce department?

Pamela talks with Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics about what the latest IRI sales numbers tell us about how consumers...

5 years ago 11 minute read

Prima Wawona empowers stone fruit retailers with key category data

Fresno, CA (April 29, 2020) — Prima® Wawona BB #:165373, the largest stone fruit producer in the U.S., has partnered...

5 years ago 3 minute read

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