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Produce demand surges in first of eight non-holiday weeks
Grocery sales have trended above 2019 levels since the second week of March. Gains during non-holiday weeks had been experiencing...
Fresh produce regains market share lost to canned and frozen
All 2020 holidays affected by the coronavirus pandemic have seen strong sales results, from Easter and Motherâs Day to Memorial...
Summer fruit needs a boost
As weâre anticipating the latest sales numbers from PMAâs Produce Marketing Watch Weekly report by Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics,...
Fruit sales plummet in non-holiday week ending June 28
The week ending June 28 was the week in between Fatherâs Day and the Fourth of July, which means everyday...
Father’s Day provides big boost for produce sales
The week ending June 21st was Fatherâs Day weekend and it resulted in a significant boost for fresh produce, both...
Vegetables again lead retail fresh produce sales growth
Editor’s Note: Click charts (below) to enlarge. While summer sales patterns are in full swing, demand for fresh, frozen and...
Three months in, fresh produce gains remain in double digits
The first week of June marks three full months of coronavirus-related shopping patterns. While restaurant competition for the food dollar...
Vegetables continue to drive retail sales
During the last week of May, restaurants in many states had started to reopen dine-in facilities with social distancing measures...
COVID-19 Grocery Trends Week 11: fresh produce sales up 14%
Memorial Day signals the traditional start of the summer grilling season, with meat and produce promotions typically dominating the front...
COVID-19 grocery shopping week 10: fresh produce sales up 16%
Two months after panic purchases drove the biggest sales weeks in the history of modern grocery retailing, coronavirus-related shopping patterns...
Do we trust farmers markets during COVID?
Pamela and Anne-Marie discuss COVID-19 retail sales for week 9, the week ending May 10. Fresh fruit and vegetable sales...
Fresh sales hold steady in week 9, up 17%
In the ninth week of coronavirus-related shopping, patterns continued to evolve. Between the typical Motherâs Day sales boost and shoppers...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – May 15, 2020
Pamela and Greg discuss the controversial bid selection process in the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program, and why...
Online grocery jumped 5 years ahead
Data geeks who have been monitoring the growth of online grocery saw its popularity growing steadily, but not necessarily quickly....
Produce growth stays strong, up 17%
Two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, grocery patterns continue to evolve. Initially, trips were plentiful as consumers sought to stock...
How meat shortages are helping produce sales
Consumers are reacting to mainstream media reports of supply chain challenges in meat by panic-buying and stocking up, and fresh...
Produce sales jump in late April shopping surge
During the last full week of April, grocery shopping patterns remained vastly different. Since early March, food spending has been...
Is the freezer case a threat to the fresh produce department?
Pamela talks with Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics about what the latest IRI sales numbers tell us about how consumers...
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