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Chilean blueberries’ demand and prices rise amid pandemic
A report composed by ProChile shows that amid COVID-19’s overall negative effect on exports and lower sale of fruits, there...
Bar codes, DNA and food safety
You know it already: bar codes are everywhere. But a team of synthetic biologists at Harvard, MIT, and Boston University...
Orange prices show steady rise
Orange prices keep rising this spring as retail demand remains strong. The latest IRI scan data shows oranges at 79...
MAP: See which stores Food Lion is buying from Southeastern Grocers
SALISBURY, N.C., June 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Food Lion announced today it has entered into a transaction to purchase 62 BI-LO/Harveys...
COVID-19 Grocery Trends Week 11: fresh produce sales up 14%
Memorial Day signals the traditional start of the summer grilling season, with meat and produce promotions typically dominating the front...
One solution to the perennial labor problem
I keep coming back to the subject of labor because it is the biggest issue in the produce industry. It...
Produce leaders meet with USDA on food box program
From Tom Stenzel, CEO & President, United Fresh Produce Association BB #:145458, and Cathy Burns, CEO, Produce Marketing Association BB #:153708...
Can grocery salad bars survive the pandemic?
Dierbergs Markets BB #:159059 in Missouri made the national news for its clever repurposing of its self-serve salad bars with...
As wedding planner promises deliveries, congressmen call for cancellation in $39 million contract
With aerial shots of thousands in line to pick up food at the San Antonio Food Bank making the national...
Get another shot at a Food Box contract
Produce companies that were denied a USDA Farmers to Families Food Box contract in the first period have an opportunity...
Apeel Sciences gains $250 million in new financing
Santa Barbara, CA, May 26, 2020 — Apeel Sciences, BB #:345580 a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and recognized among...
COVID-19 grocery shopping week 10: fresh produce sales up 16%
Two months after panic purchases drove the biggest sales weeks in the history of modern grocery retailing, coronavirus-related shopping patterns...
Chelan Fresh feels well prepared for food box contract
Chelan Fresh Marketing BB #:170403 Chelan, WA, sees its participation in USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program as a...
How many grocery stores are too many?
In 1999-2000, when I lived in Brooklyn, I found a retail grocery landscape far different from any I’d known living...
USDA terminates avocado grower’s $40MM food box contract
Ben Holtz, whose small produce company won a $40 million USDA Farmers to Families Food Box contract, said USDA terminated...
Sarah Frey chosen as 2020 United Fresh Women in Produce honoree
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 20, 2020) – Sarah Frey, President and CEO of Frey Farms BB #:170033, and Founder of Tsamma™...
Bay Area companies partner in USDA food box program
PRESS RELEASE: South San Francisco – In this age of change, uncertainty and financial loss, two Bay Area companies have...
How to think about farm labor: an app
Last week I set out some of the basic requirements for a solution to the farm labor issue. This week...
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