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ProduceIQ: Wildfires affect crops in CA and beyond
While astronauts watch from space as California wildfires spew smoke, the fresh produce industry is also keeping a birds-eye view...
Laser labeling: An alternative to PLU stickers
I will make a confession: I hate PLU labels. When I take them off apples, for example, unless I immediately...
GRAPHIC: Lower apple volumes in 2021
The following graphic was produced by Agtools Inc. BB #:355102 to show that the U.S. apple crop has produced the...
A bright future for tropical fruits
Every now and then, it’s a good idea to step back and look at the proverbial Big Picture. The recently...
Retail Reflections: Shoppers beware
After 50 years in the retail produce business and spending countless hours in stores of all types and configurations, I...
ProduceIQ: Rain from Hurricane Ida to disrupt supply chain
Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm, blasted into the Southeastern U.S. yesterday. Rain from Ida will continue beyond New Orleans...
Online Produce Shopping: The Path Forward
While it’s easy to see that the pandemic changed the way consumers look at grocery shopping, both in store and...
The threatened Cavendish and its alternatives
It sounds as if it belongs in the infinite cache of rejected names for rock bands: banana extinction. Yet it...
ProduceIQ: Dual hurricanes threaten growing regions
Northerners have one less excuse for not moving to Florida, as it seems the Northeast isn’t immune to the occasional...
A good incident response to a cyber attack can make or break your company
A few weeks ago, I joined the Produce Marketing Association for a virtual town hall that discussed cybersecurity and the...
Segregation in the produce aisle
Segregation is an issue in American supermarkets, The New York Times tells me. It’s not about people; it’s about SKUs....
ProduceIQ: If you grow it, they will come
Somewhere in middle-of-nowhere Iowa, a field of corn has once again transformed into a field of dreams. And ProduceIQ, as...
Florentino debuts on the American stage
I can’t help thinking of Linda Fiorentino, the enticing bad-girl star of countless crime thrillers. But it’s not Fiorentino; it’s...
ProduceIQ: Anything but business as usual in California
Demand is outpacing supply in California, and it has nothing to do with any produce commodity the state is known...
Colombian avocado exports nearly double in early 2021
From January to May 2021, Colombian avocado exports reached $114.3 million, marking an increase of 87.8 percent, according to ProColombia....
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – August 6, 2021
Pamela says there’s a bigger trend within the news that Albertsons has launched its new grocery delivery subscription, FreshPass, that...
Food logistics report says larger carriers poised for greater growth
NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — “The rise in use of multimodal transport and the growth of the organized...
Food safety recalls: Bad news but also good news
A certain function in my mind relentlessly sorts items into Good News versus Bad News. This process is often the...
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