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Five produce-focused food trends for 2025
Bonus content: I discussed this year’s choices with Lori Taylor, founder and CEO of The Produce Moms in Episode 331...
Celebrate the holidays with festive displays
When I looked through my archives of holiday produce displays, I quickly realized what I had could never compare to...
I ‘SWIPE’d’ right on these five show floor finds
TUCSON, AZ — Walking an expo floor just a few weeks after the Global Produce & Floral Show didn’t give...
Let’s try it: Fuyu persimmons
I grew up in the Midwest, so I guess that means my frame of reference for persimmons is definitely not...
Produce with Pamela: Testing CPMA’s historic recipes
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association BB #:153602 is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025, and leading up to the convention...
A dozen show-stoppers from the expo floor at the Global Produce & Floral Show
ATLANTA, GA — The International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show boasted about 3,000 buyers and attendees from...
Costco throwing up roadblocks as Sam’s Club streamlines in-store shopping
My college days are coming back, it seems, as my local club is going to start having the bouncer check...
Store Check: The Turnip Truck, Nashville
NASHVILLE, TN – I’ve been to Nashville a few times and usually find myself at national or regional players like...
Expo report: SEPC’s Southern Innovations
NASHVILLE, TN – For me, the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Innovations is almost like a sneak preview for fall product launches...
Are we in for surge pricing at the grocery store?
A pair of lawmakers are raising concerns that grocers could start using electronic shelf labels (ESLs) to gouge consumers or...
TOUR: Ocean Mist artichokes field to fork
CASTROVILLE, CA – I rarely miss an opportunity to get out in the field, so when I was in town...
Searching for the perfect peach…again
This week in As The Peach Truck Turns… I feel like I’ve been watching this company a little too closely,...
Expo Report: Eight new items from the Organic Produce Summit
MONTEREY, CA — The Organic Produce Summit featured more than 1,700 attendees at the Monterey Convention Center, with about 175...
Beaver nuggets get all the press, but Buc-ee’s fruit and vegetable options deserve a nod
SPRINGFIELD, MO—I’ve lived in Texas for 20 years now, and I remember when Buc-ee’s was just a gas station I...
Peaches are losing at retail. What can we do?
That perfect, juicy, sweet, ripe peach is something I dream about all winter. I absolutely go feral when the peaches...
Let’s try a Pink Elephant mango
I love getting a chance to see new produce items before they hit stores. I came across the Pink Elephant...
Inside GrubMarket: Who is Mike Xu, and what is the company’s vision for a more efficient food system?
SAN FRANCISCO—A few years ago, I noticed an unfamiliar pattern in produce mergers and acquisitions. A company I’ve never heard...
Seven CPMA show-stoppers
VANCOUVER, BC—Walking a show floor, much less a two-day show floor, less than two weeks after the the last one...
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