produce with pamela

See Buc-ee’s, the world’s largest convenience store

As we’ve been publishing the Produce Blueprints November/December feature on convenience stores, I can’t help but be a Texan about...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Virtual events leave us starving for connection

I started 2020 on a roll, with back-to-back visits to Blue Book members, field tours, and one of the largest...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Shopper Insights 2020: How demographics guide new product trials

I talked with Karen Nardozza of Moxxy Marketing about the latest installment in our Shopper Insights 2020 series, which analyzes...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Pinkglow vs. Honeyglow pineapples – a review

Del Monte was kind enough to send us a sample of its new Petit Pinkglow Pineapple, ,which launched exclusively in...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Will the pandemic kill off more red delicious apples?

Fresh holdings of red delicious, the punching bag of apple snobs (like myself), are down 33 percent compared to the...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Review: Nature Fresh compostable cuke wraps

I wouldn’t say the COVID-19 pandemic shifted consumer concerns about plastic entirely, but it does seem to have put it...

4 years ago 2 minute read

How fresh produce can hitch up to well-being and immunity trends

Over the past few years, Whole Foods has typically led the charge of food trends predictions for the coming year....

4 years ago 3 minute read

Bolthouse Farms Carrot Dog: a product review

Most of the time you don’t want to know what’s in a hot dog. Just think of the classic movie...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Del Monte’s $50 Pinkglow GMO pineapple

I recall seeing the rumors about Del Monte’s BB #:111187 genetically engineered pink pineapple several years ago. I even wanted...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Crowded grocery aisles are becoming a problem

I think I’ve identified my new shopping sweet spot: 8 p.m. on the night of a televised presidential debate. I stopped by...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Why it doesn’t matter how you cut a mango

A few years back, I remember a Google Trends data dump showing that “How to Cut a Mango” was the...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Amazon’s grocery moves – a signal of more to come?

Three years after Seattle-based Amazon acquired Austin, TX-based Whole Foods Market Inc., it seems that the tech giant is finally...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Et tu, Consumer Reports?

By the time the annual Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce (AKA Dirty Dozen) comes out every spring, the produce...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Exploring COVID grocery trends

So far we’ve paid attention most to the numbers when we’re talking about COVID-19 consumer spending, partially because trends were...

5 years ago 1 minute read

On the road at H-E-B’s newest Austin store

AUSTIN, TX — I’ve been waiting for this store to open for a while, and I’m so glad I had...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Walmart, Target show strength of food

Right now, I bet Kohls wishes it had made a bigger deal with Aldi than it did with Planet Fitness....

5 years ago 3 minute read

Retail banana pricing is…bananas

Today’s Agtools Analysis is a topic that is near and dear to my heart: a detailed look at the banana...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Exploring the volume/price gap in fresh produce amid COVID-19

Pamela and Anne-Marie drill down the numbers in the most recent IRI scan data, and explore the surprisingly long list...

5 years ago 1 minute read

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