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Category Partners hires director of business development
[Idaho Falls, ID] – Category Partners, LLC, a leading provider of data and insights solutions to the perishable industries, is...
Category Partners hires director of analytics
February 19, 2024 Idaho Falls, ID – Category Partners, LLC, a leading provider of data and insights solutions to the...
Holiday food prices projected up 7% from last year, 18% from two years ago
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — National supermarket data confirms slower food price inflation with consumers seeing smaller price increases...
Category Partners adds SVP of business development
Idaho Falls, ID – Category Partners, LLC, a leading provider of data and insights solutions to the perishable industries, is...
OPN: Organic produce sales and volume edge up in Q3
(Monterey, CA — October 26, 2023) For the second quarter in a row, organic fresh produce grew slightly in year-over-year...
Organic fresh produce sales and volume rise in Q2
Sales Increase 1.5%, Volume Up 1% Monterey, CA — August 2, 2023 – Organic fresh produce grew slightly in sales...
OPN: Inflation takes bite out of organic fresh produce sales in Q1 2023
(Monterey, CA — April 24, 2023) Ongoing inflation continued to impact organic fresh produce sales in the first quarter of...
Category Partners adds veteran marketer
Idaho Falls, ID – Category Partners announced it has added industry veteran Eric Le Blanc to its growing team of...
Organic produce showed 3% dollar growth, volume down 3.7% in 2022
MONTEREY, CA — January 25, 2023 — Organic fresh produce sales grew by 3 percent in 2022, while volume declined...
Rising grocery prices will hit Labor Day BBQs
Idaho Falls, ID (8.31.22) – A trip to the grocery store is taking a bigger bite out of the consumer’s...
OPN: Inflation hits organic fresh produce in Q2 2022
Sales Increase 3.7 Percent, Volume Declines 2.8 Percent (Monterey, CA — August 3, 2022) Higher retail prices of organic fresh...
Organic fresh produce sales up 5.5 percent from 2020
MONTEREY, CA — Organic fresh produce grew sales by 5.5 percent in 2021, topping $9 billion for the first time,...
Industry mourns loss of Mac Johnson
Mac Johnson, a major force in the snack-food world and a produce marketing icon, passed away on Sunday, December 12th...
How to inspire impulse purchase in online grocery
Shopping for groceries online can be a win or a loss, depending on your point of view. Many consumers like...
Why online grocery shoppers overwhelmingly shop in-store, too
A lot of attention is going to online grocery shopping lately. Consumers say they’re looking for quick and convenient options....
Know the types of shoppers who buy produce online
Retailers know they will have more success the better they know their customers. When it comes to online grocery, it’s...
Online produce shoppers are channel-hoppers
Just four years ago, 10 percent of consumers surveyed by Category Partners reported buying groceries online, and zero percent said...
Online Produce Shopping: The Path Forward
While it’s easy to see that the pandemic changed the way consumers look at grocery shopping, both in store and...
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