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Peru ranks as fourth largest food supplier to U.S.
Imports of agricultural products to the U.S. totaled $32.743 billion in the first half of 2021, registering an increase of...
CFIA adds Chopped Salad Kits to Eat Smart recall due to Listeria
Ottawa, September 7, 2021 – The food recall warning issued on August 26, 2021 has been updated to include additional...
Calavo Growers CEO retires
SANTA PAULA, Calif., Sept. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Calavo Growers, Inc. BB #:113203, a global leader in the avocado...
Shipt starts largest nationwide expansion in three years
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Shipt today announced its largest nationwide expansion in three years, adding its same-day...
Mastronardi Produce partners with VetaNova Colorado greenhouse
Denver, Colorado and Kingsville, Ontario, Sept. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VetaNova Inc., a planned builder and operator of energy-efficient...
Northwest pear growers project high-quality 16 million carton crop for 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. – September 8, 2021 – With harvest in full swing throughout the four growing regions of the Pacific...
Good Foods teams up with Brighter Bites to “Sack Hunger”
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. – Good Foods, BB #:326876 a category leader of plant based dips and good-for-you products, is teaming...
DMA Solutions reveals Q3/Q4 Marketing Matters topics
DALLAS – DMA Solutions, BB #:188910 a full-service marketing agency serving the fresh food and floral industry, reveals the upcoming...
HarvestHold by Verdant Technologies receives EPA registration
ST. PAUL, Minn. – After much industry buzz in 2020, Verdant Technologies announces the roll out of its HarvestHold Fresh...
C.H. Robinson encourages public to thank truck drivers through national campaign
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota — As the world finds itself still battling a pandemic, managing through unprecedented global supply chain disruption,...
USDA invests $700 million to provide relief to small producers impacted by COVID-19
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced it will soon publish Requests for Applications (RFAs)...
Food safety starts at the farm
September is National Food Safety Education Month and while our industry seems to live and breathe food safety, the upcoming...
Amazon adds cashier-less Just Walk Out technology to select Whole Foods stores
Originally published as an Amazon blog post by Dilip Kumar, Vice President, Physical Retail and Technology. Several years ago, our physical...
Publix expands to Kentucky
LAKELAND, Fla.–Today Publix Super Markets Inc. announced it has signed a lease for its first store in Kentucky. The Louisville...
Save A Lot sells 32 stores to newly-formed grocery investor Yellow Banana
CLEVELAND & CHICAGO & MILWAUKEE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Save A Lot, one of the largest discount grocery chains in the U.S., today announced...
Ag and food innovators selected for Rabobank FoodBytes! pitch program
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — FoodBytes! by Rabobank has unveiled the 45 companies selected to participate in its...
Online produce shoppers are channel-hoppers
Just four years ago, 10 percent of consumers surveyed by Category Partners reported buying groceries online, and zero percent said...
Oppy techs up grape category
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Providing year-round grape supplies through all major producing regions, the leading grower, marketer and distributor of...