210 Analytics

Produce growth stays strong, up 17%

Two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, grocery patterns continue to evolve. Initially, trips were plentiful as consumers sought to stock...

5 years ago 14 minute read

How meat shortages are helping produce sales

Consumers are reacting to mainstream media reports of supply chain challenges in meat by panic-buying and stocking up, and fresh...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Produce sales jump in late April shopping surge

During the last full week of April, grocery shopping patterns remained vastly different. Since early March, food spending has been...

5 years ago 12 minute read

Pandemic retail sales barely beat Easter 2019

Since the onset of coronavirus in the United States, grocery shopping patterns have been vastly different. Spending has been highly...

5 years ago 15 minute read

Fresh fruit growth dips to single digits

The week of April 12th marked the year’s earlier Easter as well as the sixth week of the coronavirus-related grocery...

5 years ago 13 minute read

Retail dollars and volume tell a story of foodservice loss

Every week since the COVID-19 crisis ramped up in the U.S., Anne-Marie Roerink and IRI have provided analysis of retail...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Retail fresh sales stay ahead in early April

As the COVID-19 outbreak accelerated across states during the first week of April, grocery shopping continued to be affected. Produce...

5 years ago 7 minute read

Fresh produce purchases lag far behind other groceries amid COVID-19

March 29 marks the end of what has been, for most people, the third week of tightening social distancing measures...

5 years ago 7 minute read

Retail sales hit the plateau. Now what?

Anne-Marie and I talked last week about retail sales numbers for the week ending March 15, and expected to see...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Retail produce surge plateaus, sales remain elevated

Produce sales rose along with consumer anxiety levels. IRI found that 58% of consumers were extremely concerned about COVID-19 the...

5 years ago 8 minute read

What’s next for grocery sales during COVID-19?

We all knew retail sales would spike with consumers stocking their “panic pantries” and “quarantine kitchens,” but how long will...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Stock-ups favor meat, but not forever

Panic buying caused a 77% surge in meat sales, but there’s one vegetable keeping up with that pace. While we...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Fresh produce sales jumped 33.9% amid COVID-19 stock-ups

As coranavirus social distancing measures are tightening and the number of confirmed cases are growing, retail sales are surging. Shoppers...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Should retailers be worried about slower organic produce growth?

AUSTIN, TX—I had a chance to chat with Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics, the author of the Power of Produce...

6 years ago 1 minute read

The Ultimate Austin Grocery Tour

AUSTIN, TX—There’s nothing like touring grocery stores with a local. Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics was in town to present...

6 years ago 5 minute read

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