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Produce industry headlines: October 8, 2026

Links today include Publix store closures, consumer demand shifting to smaller packaging, a Senator warns about food mergers, and more.

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Produce industry headlines: August 11, 2026

Links today include Albertsons' CEO on the hot seat, Whole Foods strategic evolution, the agony of packing school lunches, and...

2 months ago 2 minute read

Produce industry headlines: May 13, 2026

Links today include Walmart layoffs, traditional retailer disruption, Whole Foods small format expansion, a banana crop update, and more.

5 months ago 2 minute read

Produce industry headlines: April 30, 2026

Read about Market Basket's new leader, Whole Foods honors, Albertsons' make-or-break year, a Canadian retail roundup, and more.

5 months ago 2 minute read

Amazon names Whole Foods CEO to lead grocery operations

Amazon has announced that Jason Buechel, CEO of Whole Foods Market BB #:147784, is taking over leadership of the company’s...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Whole Foods releases top 10 food trends for 2025

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Whole Foods Market’s Trends Council unveiled their top 10 anticipated food trends for 2025 in the retailer’s 10th annual Trends...

2 years ago 14 minute read

Inside Whole Foods’ new small format Daily Shop

NEW YORK (Sept. 18, 2024) – Today, Whole Foods Market opened its first smaller format store, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop,...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Whole Foods CEO shares food trends, confidence in brick-and-mortar retail

NEW YORK (June 25, 2024) – At this year’s Specialty Food Association’s Summer Fancy Food Show, Whole Foods Market BB #:147784...

2 years ago 2 minute read

UNFI extends distribution partnership with Whole Foods Market to 2032

May 21, 2024 PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–United Natural Foods, Inc. BB #:158953 announced today that it has extended its wholesale grocery...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Whole Foods Market to open smaller format stores

March 04, 2024 AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Whole Foods Market BB #:147784 announced today that it is introducing a new, quick-shop store...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Whole Foods institutes pollinator policy for produce and floral

Austin, Texas (Dec. 18, 2023) – Whole Foods Market BB #:147784 announced a new pollinator policy for its Fresh Produce and...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Whole Foods Market reveals its Top 10 food trends for 2024

October 17, 2023 AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Whole Foods Market’s BB #:147784 Trends Council unveiled their top 10 anticipated food trends...

3 years ago 12 minute read

Retailer to purchase Braga Fresh regenerative trial crop

SOLEDAD, Calif. – Aug. 1, 2023 – Braga Fresh, BB #:206762 home of Josie’s Organics, gained its first retail pre-order...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Whole Foods report details efforts in conscious sourcing, food waste, sustainability

AUSTIN, Texas (July 25, 2023) – Whole Foods Market BB #:147784 released its annual Impact Report available here, which highlights the grocer’s...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Whole Foods co-founder launches health and wellness concept

Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey has a new vision. This time it’s healthcare. Mackey’s new Love.Life is “an integrated health...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Whole Foods Market honors Ciruli Brothers with supplier All-Star award

June 19, 2023 (Rio Rico, AZ) – On June 14th, Whole Foods Market BB #:147784 announced the beneficiaries of the...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Edible Garden’s gourmet sauces to be sold in Whole Foods

BELVIDERE, NJ, March 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Edible Garden AG Incorporated BB #:336701, a leader in controlled environment agriculture...

4 years ago 3 minute read

The stumbling of Amazon Fresh

As some readers may remember, I am not a big fan of Amazon Fresh BB #:283186 — at least not...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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