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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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