covid-19

Two months after panic purchases drove the biggest sales weeks in the history of modern grocery retailing, coronavirus-related shopping patterns...

Greg and Pamela discuss the roller coaster $40 million contract awarded to Ben Holtz of California Avocados Direct in the...

Pamela and Anne-Marie discuss COVID-19 retail sales for week 9, the week ending May 10. Fresh fruit and vegetable sales...

PRESS RELEASE: South San Francisco – In this age of change, uncertainty and financial loss, two Bay Area companies have...

PRESS RELEASE: (Washington, D.C., May 19, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of the Coronavirus Food...

PRESS RELEASE: WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 19, 2020) – The leaders of a national coalition of organizations representing specialty crop producers...

Newark, DE –  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it will provide up to $2.1 billion in...

The following letter was sent by the Produce Marketing Association and the United Fresh Produce Association following the USDA’s Farmers...

In the ninth week of coronavirus-related shopping, patterns continued to evolve. Between the typical Mother’s Day sales boost and shoppers...

RINGGOLD, GA (May 18, 2020) – U.S. Department of Agriculture Awards a $1.8 million contract to Chattanooga produce distributor, T&T...

Pamela and Greg discuss the controversial bid selection process in the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program, and why...

When Amazon bought Whole Foods BB #:147784, I immediately thought Amazon would convert part of each of the 400+ Whole...

Data geeks who have been monitoring the growth of online grocery saw its popularity growing steadily, but not necessarily quickly....

Here are the the contracts related to fresh produce and combination boxes valued above $10 million: Caribbean Produce Exchange $107,040,000...

PRESS RELEASE: WATSONVILLE, CA (May 6, 2020) – I Pick Safety is a new effort from the California Strawberry Commission...

Consumers are reacting to mainstream media reports of supply chain challenges in meat by panic-buying and stocking up, and fresh...

PRESS RELEASE: WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 6, 2020) – United Fresh Produce Association BB #:145458  applauds the introduction of the WIC...

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of $470 million in Section 32...