Produce industry headlines: May 1, 2026
Links today include analysis of Amazon's growing grocery business, a retail roundup, photo reports from CPMA and IFPA Retail, and more.
Good afternoon! It’s Friday, May 1, 2026, the first weekend of May. Here’s what’s happening in produce and grocery today.
Links today include analysis of Amazon’s growing grocery business, a retail roundup, photo reports from CPMA and IFPA Retail conferences, Sun World adds licensees, a U.S. port investment, and more.
To read Blue Book’s coverage of the IFPA Retail Conference, click here.
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Top Stories
The Friday Checkout: Amazon says it’s the second-largest U.S. grocer — stores (mostly) not required
The company’s brick-and-mortar grocery presence relies mostly on its specialty chain, Whole Foods, but it posted over $150 billion in gross sales last year.
Read a roundup of retail news from this week.
The annual CPMA Convention + Trade Show 2026 was held this year in downtown Toronto.
Industry leaders gather at IFPA’s Retail Conference
View a photo report from the event this week held in Chandler, AZ.
Sun World adds four new grape licensees in Australia and Italy
The new partners will be able to market trademarked varieties including AutumnCrisp and Ruby Rush.
U.S. invests $774 million in port infrastructure projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration invests $774 million into American ports, with 37 projects receiving awards at coastal seaports, Great Lakes ports, and inland river ports.
Fresh-cut produce market set for $231 billion boom by 2034
Marketing insight firm DataIntelo report that the global fresh-cut produce market is undergoing a structural shift.
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