The Produce Reporter Week in Review – March 6, 2020

Pamela and Greg discuss the produce and retail industry’s response to coronavirus and why Pamela’s glad she’s been stockpiling trade show hand sanitizers all these years. Greg talks...

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March 6, 2020

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Pamela and Greg discuss the produce and retail industry’s response to coronavirus and why Pamela’s glad she’s been stockpiling trade show hand sanitizers all these years.

Greg talks about a retailer petition to end Daylight Saving Time, and new FDA scrutiny of leafy greens.

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