produce with pamela

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...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Quarantine Kitchen cooking: The best sandwich I’ve ever had

Lef Farms sent me a flashback to a time I visited their brand new facility back in 2017 with my...

5 years ago 1 minute read

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...

5 years ago 11 minute read

Produce with Pamela: How to use tropical avocados

With most Americans spending more time at home, and in the kitchen, I thought it would be a great time...

5 years ago 2 minute read

8 items with more Vitamin C than oranges

Twenty-four hours ago, my husband and I sat in our home office starting the day. He was going through his...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Retail ad strategy needs more produce

Grocers, understandably, have reevaluated their ad strategy amid the COVID-19 crisis. I understand that a lot of categories, like canned...

5 years ago 3 minute read

E-commerce store checks reveal fresh produce challenges

A year ago, I wrote a column about online store checks. It was prompted by a talk I presented at...

5 years ago 5 minute read

Fruit needs a boost from all of us

Fruit sales dollars are on a troubling trend line. In the latest numbers from IRI, dollars are up only 7%...

5 years ago 4 minute read

Retail dollars and volume tell a story of foodservice loss

Every week since the COVID-19 crisis ramped up in the U.S., Anne-Marie Roerink and IRI have provided analysis of retail...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Is online grocery failing its audition?

Six weeks ago, online grocery was on an upward trajectory. I wondered if they could keep up with the explosive...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Fresh produce is safe, but how do we get consumers to believe it?

Whenever I’m feeling like some punishment, I wade into a moms group discussion on social media. It’s an eye-opening experience....

5 years ago 3 minute read

Retail sales hit the plateau. Now what?

Anne-Marie and I talked last week about retail sales numbers for the week ending March 15, and expected to see...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Plastic in produce gets a pass – for now

I know I’m going to incur the wrath of a lot of people when I say this, but I think...

5 years ago 3 minute read

VIDEO: United Fresh’s Tom Stenzel on the produce industry’s rapid shift amid COVID-19

The world as we know it has dramatically changed over the past few weeks, and the fresh produce supply chain...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Alarmist grocery “PSA” video full of misinformation about food and COVID-19

I first saw “the video” on Friday morning posted in a local moms’ group on Facebook. This YouTube post, “PSA Safe...

5 years ago 3 minute read

What’s next for grocery sales during COVID-19?

We all knew retail sales would spike with consumers stocking their “panic pantries” and “quarantine kitchens,” but how long will...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Dirty Dozen even more tone deaf than usual

I could tell we were coming up on the Dirty Dozen when I started to see more pre-release rebuttals in...

5 years ago 4 minute read

Stock-ups favor meat, but not forever

Panic buying caused a 77% surge in meat sales, but there’s one vegetable keeping up with that pace. While we...

5 years ago 3 minute read

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