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Volume pressure sharpens as produce inflation climbs higher in August
The August Marketplace Food inflation remains extremely high and consumers are feeling the pain. They are making changes to their...
Consumers careful about grocery spending amid high inflation
The July Marketplace Despite some consumers pointing to planning to eat out less often to save money during these inflationary...
June produce sales saw slowdown in fruit inflation
The June Marketplace Inflation has dominated the trade and consumer headlines since early fall of last year and June 2022...
IFPA Retail Conference: Adapting to the turbulence
SCHAUMBURG, IL — The International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962 Retail Conference, June 9-10 in suburban Chicago, was well attended...
Late Easter sales results in dollar gains for fresh produce
The April Marketplace The shift in Easter/Passover dates from early- to mid-April moved holiday dollars from March to April, and...
Two years later: Fresh produce sales in March 2022 versus the peaks of 2020
The March Marketplace Inflation has reached a 40-year high and consumers are extremely aware. “In March 2022, IRI’s survey of...
Inflation having outsized role in retail produce department
The U.S. consumer price index increased +7.9% for the 12 months ending February 2022. This was the largest 12-month increase...
How retailers appeal to consumer value demands
ORLANDO, FL — Inflation is hitting consumers hard enough right now that price has risen to the top factor for...
Price jumps to prominence among fresh produce shoppers
Arlington, VA – FMI—the Food Industry Association today releases its 2022 Power of Produce report, revealing 25% of shoppers ranked...
High inflation boosts produce dollars at retail but volume pressure persists in January
Coronavirus concern levels among primary grocery shoppers have remained mostly flat between September 2021 and January 2022, according to the...
Focus on Fresh: Five trends to watch in 2022
A year ago, when I started writing the Focus on Fresh for the 2021 Know Your Commodity Guide, I had...
Winter holidays brought bigger parties, strong retail produce sales in December
The four December weeks generated a minimum of $1.2 billion, with the holiday week being the biggest with sales of...
Vegetable sales improve at retail but inflation takes toll on volume
November 2021 picked up where October left off: grocery shopping and food consumption patterns remained in flux, especially as holiday...
Inflation, supply chain fears push consumers to frozen, canned
Twenty months into the pandemic, fresh produce retailing remains in flux. Continually changing consumer consumption and buying patterns, high inflation...
SEPC announces Power of Produce 2022 retail panel
Millen, GA (November 17, 2021) – The Southeast Produce Council BB #:191194 has unveiled the stellar panel of retail superheroes that...
Inflation prompts shifts in fruit, vegetable demand
September continued where August left off in retail produce sales. “The multi-month normalization of consumption and grocery shopping patterns came...
Fresh produce reaches highest year-on-year gain since March 2021
The multi-month normalization of grocery shopping patterns came to a halt in August. “Since January 2021, we had been seeing...
SEPC study finds that innovation drives produce category growth and engagement
New study highlights the consumer take on supply chain innovation and technology addressing the biggest trends in fresh produce marketing...
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