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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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%...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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