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Roger Pepperl’s wisdom on raising consumption

Roger Pepperl retires as marketing director at Stemilt Growers BB #:113654 at the end of the year. In addition to...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Making progress to speed up traceback

Food safety work in the produce industry continue to make strides, as recent investigation pilots showed a path toward a...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Cosmic Crisp needs a little more fanfare, retail

Fresh apple holdings are down (about 13% from last year), but you know what’s not? Cosmic Crisp. The managed variety...

4 years ago 5 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – December 11, 2020

Pamela and Greg discuss why Dollar General is calling self-distribution the “gift that keeps on giving,” restaurants in economic “free...

4 years ago 1 minute read

See Buc-ee’s, the world’s largest convenience store

As we’ve been publishing the Produce Blueprints November/December feature on convenience stores, I can’t help but be a Texan about...

4 years ago 2 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – December 4, 2020

Pamela and Greg discuss fresh produce opportunities for foodservice, convenience stores and … chonky blueberries … in this week’s episode....

4 years ago 1 minute read

Thanksgiving retail buying alters the produce mix

In this month’s produce performance report at retail from 210 Analytics, fresh produce was up 7.5 percent during the October...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Shopper Insights 2020: How demographics guide new product trials

I talked with Karen Nardozza of Moxxy Marketing about the latest installment in our Shopper Insights 2020 series, which analyzes...

4 years ago 1 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – November 20, 2020

Pamela and Greg talk about how we’re seeing the FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety already reflected in fresh...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Florida-grown vegetable price rise could go through winter holidays

The tropical storm that hit Florida last week and damaged crops could have lasting effects on vegetable markets. “We see...

4 years ago 1 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – November 13, 2020

Pamela and Greg discuss a tale of two food box contracts, including a new San Antonio-based “caterer” with a multimillion...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Review: Nature Fresh compostable cuke wraps

I wouldn’t say the COVID-19 pandemic shifted consumer concerns about plastic entirely, but it does seem to have put it...

4 years ago 2 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – November 6, 2020

Pamela breaks vacation to join Greg to talk about the latest USDA food box news. She also received some pineapple...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Shopper Insights 2020: Creative ways to influence new item trial

In this week’s analysis of shopper trends, we found that family and friend influence was the top driver for a...

4 years ago 1 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – October 30, 2020

Pamela and Greg talk about the how an FDA notice on an E. coli outbreak could affect the leafy greens...

5 years ago 1 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – October 23, 2020

Greg’s on vacation but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a few minutes to call in from the golf course...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Bolthouse Farms Carrot Dog: a product review

Most of the time you don’t want to know what’s in a hot dog. Just think of the classic movie...

5 years ago 1 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – October 16, 2020

Pamela and Greg talk about two of the biggest innovations to come out of Virtual Fresh Summit 2020 — Del...

5 years ago 1 minute read

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