Sales of fresh hass avocados remain above pre-pandemic levels, but year-over-year sales and volume have softened compared to the fresh produce sales boom at the start of COVID.
The shortages — and subsequent price hikes —that have shadowed many corners of the food industry in the second half of 2021 don’t seem to have significantly affected demand for one category of goods you might expect to be especially hard-hit: premium products.
Albertsons has launched two new digital offerings – Meal Planning and Schedule & Save. The new capabilities will offer loyalty members integrated menu planning and shopping list creation and the ability to auto-replenish essential items on their lists, according to the retailer.
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow shone the spotlight even more brightly on perhaps the biggest issue of our age: reversing the trends of global warming.
Wynshop, a leader in digital commerce for local store-based retailers, has inked a deal with Shipt, a shopping and delivery company, to offer a fully integrated solution for regional grocers to offer same-day delivery to their shoppers.
Greenhouse tomato specialist NatureSweet has submitted a request to the Department of Commerce for a "Changed Circumstance Review," which would release certain greenhouse-grown specialty tomatoes from coverage under the 2019 Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico.