covid-19

News reports have suggested that the COVID-19 virus is raging through rural areas, such as Salinas, CA, and putting crops...

Editor’s note: Click charts to enlarge. Consumer concern over COVID-19 remains high but stable, with 57 percent being extremely concerned,...

More than four months after the big spikes in grocery sales at the start of the pandemic, CPG sales continue...

PRESS RELEASE: Millen, GA (August 29, 2020) – The Southeast Produce Council BB #:191194 continues with preparations for Southern Innovations:...

Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market BB #:168563 reported second quarter earnings on July 29, highlighting the company’s strategy to drill down...

Key Highlights Year-to-date, organic produce gains, at +11.8%, outpaced those of total produce, up +10.0%, but organic is a much...

Editor’s note: click charts to enlarge. After weeks of growing transactions and spending in the foodservice channel, the rising number...

Overall retail pricing for bananas in the U.S. has increased 2 cents per pound in 2020 compared to the year...

PRESS RELEASE: (Washington, D.C., July 24, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

As the domestic plum season hits its peak in mid-July, retail volume is up with dollars flat. The latest retail...

Is your restaurant clean? Like, really clean? Consumers put “clean and sanitary” as their top consideration in choosing a restaurant...

Retail cauliflower sales have slowed compared to early in the pandemic, though sales continue to post double-digit year-over-year growth. In...

Grocery sales have trended above 2019 levels since the second week of March. Gains during non-holiday weeks had been experiencing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 21, 2020) – Today, Representatives Darin LaHood (IL) and Jimmy Panetta (CA) introduced the Providing Liquidity for...

A panel of foodservice executives kicked off the Produce Marketing Association’s BB #:153748 Foodservice Delivered conference with a view from...

Anne-Marie Roerink and I are back to talk about consumer trends amid the COVID-19 crisis. This week we have the...

All 2020 holidays affected by the coronavirus pandemic have seen strong sales results, from Easter and Mother’s Day to Memorial...

As we’re anticipating the latest sales numbers from PMA’s Produce Marketing Watch Weekly report by Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics,...