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GrubMarket acquires Sierra Produce

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — GrubMarket today announced it has completed the acquisition of Sierra Produce BB #:187285,...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Online grocery start-up Farmstead expands to Miami

BURLINGAME, Calif. & MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Farmstead, the first online grocer to offer fresh, high-quality groceries, delivered for free, at better prices...

4 years ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Heat wave leaves industry parched

While decreases across categories dragged the overall index slightly down, anxiety over Western heat and forecasted precipitation is causing prices...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Online grocery sales for May 2021 down 16% versus year ago

Barrington, Ill. – June 21, 2021 – The U.S. online grocery market posted $7.0 billion in sales during May, down...

4 years ago 7 minute read

Springworks offers local, decentralized lettuce option

Springworks of Lisbon, Maine, the state’s first and largest commercial aquaponics greenhouse operation, opened an additional 40,000 feet of space...

4 years ago 3 minute read

The tenacious journey of the REAL Trader Joe

LOS ANGELES, June 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — International publishing house HarperCollins Leadership is pleased to announce the launch of the...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Mexican tomato export value up 20% in 2020, a new record

Mexico saw an increase in tomato export value of 20.6 percent in 2020 over the previous year, totaling $2.6 billion...

4 years ago 1 minute read

High inflation doesn’t deliver higher returns to growers

Consumers are seeing inflation from many industries including food. U.S. government figures show that wholesale food prices surged 2.6 percent...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Paul DiMare to fight on after deadly diagnosis

Paul J. DiMare, president of DiMare, Inc. BB #:139918 Boston, MA, has long been involved in charities and plans a...

4 years ago 2 minute read

USDA restricts PACA violators in CA, NY, TX and DC

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing...

4 years ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Industry prices struggle as berries lead decline

Overall market prices sink lower again. Berries and stone fruit continue to slide during a time of year notorious for...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Nutritional psychiatry boosts fresh produce

One new trend: nutritional psychiatry. Because, guess what? Your diet affects your mood and your mental health, we learn from...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Fresh food jumped 200% in online orders, and shows no signs of dropping

The pandemic changed everything about groceries: what, how much and when people bought, but especially the where. While grocery e-commerce...

4 years ago 10 minute read

How to build a socially responsible business

To determine how to build a socially responsible business, we first need to determine what a “socially responsible business” is....

4 years ago 4 minute read

Billions in mystery from USDA

Last week USDA said it plans to invest $1 billion to support and build up the country’s food bank network,...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Joe Pezzini to leave Ocean Mist Farms

CASTROVILLE, Calif. (June 09, 2021) – Ocean Mist Farms BB #:111742 has announced that CEO/President, Joe Pezzini will step down...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Back to work: Watch your messages

Hey, gang! Fun’s over! Time to get back to work! It is in questionable taste at best to refer to...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Kroger plans to hire 10,000 associates

CINCINNATI, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Kroger Co. BB #:100073 today announced its Family of Companies’ first nationwide hybrid...

4 years ago 5 minute read

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