The Produce Reporter Week in Review – August 21, 2020

Summer is salad time, but Pamela and Greg discuss how the leaf items coming from the Salinas, CA, area will face disruption because of heat and fires in...

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August 21, 2020
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Summer is salad time, but Pamela and Greg discuss how the leaf items coming from the Salinas, CA, area will face disruption because of heat and fires in the area.

Pamela reviews the finances of some retailers who are seeing booming sales during the pandemic, and they give the latest on the peach, onion and bagged salad recalls. And one of our teams is in the Champions League final this weekend.

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https://www.bluebookservices.com2020/08/20/romaine-remains-a-salad-star/

https://www.bluebookservices.com2020/08/21/heat-and-fires-disrupt-salinas-crops/

https://www.bluebookservices.com2020/08/19/walmart-target-earnings-show-strength-of-food-during-a-pandemic/

https://www.bluebookservices.com2020/08/20/salmonella-outbreak-tied-to-bagged-peaches-at-aldi/

https://www.bluebookservices.com2020/08/20/target-joins-peach-recall/

https://www.bluebookservices.com2020/08/18/fda-illnesses-keep-climbing-in-red-onion-outbreak/

https://www.bluebookservices.com2020/08/17/fda-narrows-bagged-salad-cyclospora-outbreak-investigation/

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