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Trader Joe’s: A fanciful mix of fun and food

Visiting a Trader Joe’s store is all about discovering new items and shopping for products often not found anywhere else....

4 years ago 4 minute read

Use analytics to make better decisions in 2021

Many produce companies have embraced—or at least acknowledged the importance of—using analytics and data to make business decisions. In 2021,...

4 years ago 4 minute read

COVID Tech: The cost of investment

Coastline Family Farms BB #:141488 in Salinas, CA, spent over $20,000 upgrading technology infrastructure and equipment during the pandemic. Employees...

4 years ago 2 minute read

COVID Tech: Investing in the long run

Even with all the advantages demonstrated by new technologies, no one expects this pandemic situation to last forever. Yet both...

4 years ago 2 minute read

COVID Tech: Integrating new tools

2020 COVID hinderances such as stay-at-home orders, travel restrictions, and limitations on face-to-face interactions haven’t just led to the more...

4 years ago 5 minute read

COVID Tech: Finding new best practices

Businesses may have scrambled at the onset of the coronavirus and the shutdown that followed, but the months since have...

4 years ago 5 minute read

2021: The Year of the Merchant

I doubt there would be much argument that the best thing about 2020 is that it’s behind us. From my...

4 years ago 4 minute read

2021: Managing health, wellness, and stress

To say the pandemic has been stressful is a bit of an understatement. “This experience has forced people to question...

4 years ago 2 minute read

2021: Food safety gets more complex

The 2020 pandemic created unprecedented complexities in ensuring food safety. “These new challenges only highlight preexisting food supply chain concerns...

4 years ago 3 minute read

2021: Pandemic packaging priorities

U.S. consumers opted for packaged produce in the early days of the lockdown. “The move to more packaging, in general,...

4 years ago 3 minute read

2021: Produce marketing and messaging adjusts

Even with the uptick in purchasing, Covid hasn’t moved the needle much when it comes to produce consumption in the...

4 years ago 3 minute read

2021: Consumers buying but remain skittish

Understandably, the virus has caused changes in consumer purchasing behavior. While increased demand for produce was widespread in the lockdown’s...

4 years ago 3 minute read

2021: Ongoing economic fallout

The virus and government decisions to battle it started in 2020, but they’re far from over. When it comes to...

4 years ago 4 minute read

2021: Supply chain slips and successes

Despite a few hiccups at the beginning of the pandemic, the fresh produce supply chain not only held its own,...

4 years ago 3 minute read

2021: Retailers see rocketing sales

While governments forced many in the foodservice sector to close in 2020, on the retail side, most suppliers and grocers...

4 years ago 3 minute read

2021: Foodservice fights for survival

The government shutdowns of restaurants and other foodservice outlets in 2020 was devastating, and unfortunately, there seems to be no...

4 years ago 3 minute read

2021: What’s the new normal?

The year 2020 was like no other, and many produce leaders expect uncertainty about the future to remain as the...

4 years ago 3 minute read

New Products: Potent portables

The Holy Grail of snack foods is one that provides deliciousness without the addition of sugar or syrups. Naturipe Farms,...

4 years ago 2 minute read

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