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My colleagues at producebluebook.com have often stressed that “plant-based” foods aren’t the same as fruits and vegetables and shouldn’t be...

Over 70% of U.S. households placed at least one online grocery order during 2021. Barrington, Ill. – January 11, 2022...

Everyone associates George Orwell with his nightmarish classic 1984, but he also wrote a lot about food. In 1945, for...

The four December weeks generated a minimum of $1.2 billion, with the holiday week being the biggest with sales of...

Ahh… The first week of the year. In a perfect world, Christmas lights have been packed neatly into plastic tubs,...

I knew this year would be different. From all the time I’ve gone to health clubs, I’m used to the...

I feel the need to prove, if only to myself, that I am not entirely a retail curmudgeon. So I...

As we start 2022, the produce industry enters a new era as one association represents our broader interests. It was...

I don’t like using trendy terms. I’m afraid that it will make me sound more hip than I really am....

Many things are going out with the old year. Here is one: the term “GMO,” for “genetically modified organism.” The...

Produce markets ended 2021 with a bang. Despite facing headwinds in the form of spiking Covid-19 cases and extremely high...

The riffs on this joke are endless: TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull....

I am starting to come across as a retail curmudgeon. I don’t care for Aldi.  I didn’t like Amazon Fresh....

For the final Week in Review for 2021, Pamela again checks in from Europe, this time from Southern Germany. After...

Consumers have spent a lot of time preparing their own meals over the past year and a half, and the...

“Mr. Dole, Mr. Fresh Express, I might suggest a good lawyer.” That’s the advice of Bill Marler, probably the nation’s...

Finally, the December holiday pull is towing fresh produce prices out of the Thanksgiving rut. High-end produce categories including grapes,...

Is the H-2A program popular? That depends on whether you are talking about affection or use. The federal H-2A program...