week in review

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – September 29, 2023

Pamela and Greg discuss why Target is joining Walmart in shuttering high-crime stores, and where USA Today got it right...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – September 15, 2023

Get Pamela’s on-the-ground coverage from SEPC’s Southern Innovation in Charlotte, and Greg has just returned from a few days at...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – September 8, 2023

The damage estimates from Hurricane Hilary are in, and California fruit was hit harder than originally thought. and the Kroger/Albertsons...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – September 1, 2023

Walmart’s e-grocery accounts for more than all supermarkets combined? And is this watchdog group’s SNAP inflation analysis correlation or causation?...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – August 25, 2023

Pamela and Greg discuss Hurricane Hilary’s potential effects on fresh produce, a big acquisition in the foodservice business, and the...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – August 18, 2023

Pamela says Aldi’s purchase of 400 stores from Southeastern Grocers is a major shift in strategy for the deep discounter....

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – August 11, 2023

Pamela and Greg discuss the monthly inflation gaslighting from the BLS, how Americans skipping meals is a better indicator of...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – August 4, 2023

Pamela and Greg talk Amazon Fresh’s new approach…which is, apparently fresh donuts? And MegaCorp got a big boost from The...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – July 28, 2023

Greg’s in Monterey, CA, for The Foodservice Conference by the International Fresh Produce Association. How many fresh-cut and convenience products...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – July 21, 2023

Pamela has a satisfying resolution for the Cherry Saga — that ties into the monthly retail produce sales report from...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – July 14, 2023

Pamela reports from a crowded Organic Produce Summit expo floor, where new products, new growing techniques and CEA made news....

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – July 7, 2023

What does The Tattooed Chef’s bankruptcy mean for other plant-forward innovations? And will the produce industry have to take up...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – June 30, 2023

Pamela and Greg talk Independence Day promotions, mergers and acquisitions, and breakthrough technology in avocados. Related Stories:

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – June 23, 2023

The tomato suspension agreement is back in the news this week with the Florida Tomato Exchange asking the Commerce Department...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – June 16, 2023

Pamela calls in from the essential Texas road trip stop, Buc-ee’s, with a report from her beach vacation including foodservice...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – June 9, 2023

Foreclosures and bankruptcies have come to some of the biggest names in the controlled environment agriculture boom, AeroFarms and AppHarvest,...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – June 2, 2023

Safeway/Albertsons is consolidating its own brands into one Signature look, Instacart’s got an AI tool for meal planning, but that’s...

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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – May 26, 2023

What’s holding back Amazon’s physical-store grocery growth, and could the company pick up divested Kroger stores? And why is Publix...

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