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ProduceIQ: Growers assess storm damage

As football fans cheered for their favorite college and NFL teams over the weekend, produce growers across the Southeast faced...

6 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Hurricane Milton to cross Florida as growers stunned by Helene

Average produce prices defy the odds. The ProduceIQ index fell -3 percent over the previous week after an indisputably rough...

7 months ago 6 minute read

Aldi fan favorites, Blue Book edition

This week Aldi BB #:116756 released the results of its 2024 Fan Favorites Survey: 13 Aldi items shoppers are obsessed...

7 months ago 5 minute read

ProduceIQ: Fall harvest and sweater weather is here

Grab your sweaters and ditch the iced coffee. Fall has arrived! While summer weather lingers in the Southeast, a refreshing...

7 months ago 3 minute read

Americans blame retailers and restaurants for inflation pain, not farmers

When it comes to food, Americans have much warmer feelings for farmers than they do for retailers or restaurants. Gallup...

7 months ago 2 minute read

September Restaurant Trends: Steps to recovery

Black Box Intelligence released this monthly Out of the Box Insights September 12, 2024: As the economy shows signs of...

7 months ago 6 minute read

ProduceIQ: Pumpkin Spice Latte and tropical storms turn heads in Week 36

The tropics are heating up, with a strong likelihood that PTC 6 will develop into a tropical storm or hurricane...

8 months ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Pineapples, please don’t sue for NIL dollars

Peak Atlantic hurricane season is upon us. Oddly, the tropics are comparatively quiet now. But don’t be lulled into vulnerability....

8 months ago 4 minute read

Black Box Intelligence evaluates early impact of California’s fast food wage hike

Black Box Intelligence released this August 28, 2024: California’s recent minimum wage hike, from $16 to $20 per hour, has...

8 months ago 5 minute read

ProduceIQ: Southeast still coping with storm aftermath

Despite a relatively slow hurricane season, tropical systems continue to wreak havoc. A Category 1 Hurricane-soaked Hawaii over the weekend,...

8 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Market shifts as summer fades

As the summer season begins to wind down, the produce market reflects the changing weather and the evolving demands of...

8 months ago 4 minute read

Are we in for surge pricing at the grocery store?  

A pair of lawmakers are raising concerns that grocers could start using electronic shelf labels (ESLs) to gouge consumers or...

8 months ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: A closing ceremony for the summer growing season

Hurricane Debby’s slow march through Northern Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas brought rainfall totals worthy of gold medals: over 15...

9 months ago 4 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – August 9, 2024

Pamela’s on vacation this week but that doesn’t mean the news stops. GrubMarket acquired again, Buca di Beppo filed Chapter...

9 months ago 1 minute read

AFF: The impact of nutrition on IQ

Alliance for Food and Farming released this column July 31, 2024: A recent article titled, “Food for Thought – How...

9 months ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Just another manic Monday

Hurricane Debby made landfall early Monday morning as a Category 1 storm. The storm brought 6-10 feet of storm surge,...

9 months ago 4 minute read

GRAPHIC: Blueberry growth in facts in figures

Weather problems in Latin America cut into blueberry volume in the 2022-23 season, but volume is returning this season and...

9 months ago 1 minute read

ProduceIQ: Produce Olympics and the battle of the markets

In the Produce Olympics, the ProduceIQ Index has finally dipped below average for the first time in seven weeks, marking...

9 months ago 4 minute read

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