For the past 12 months, perimeter sales haves skyrocketed due to new shopping trends that have emerged during the pandemic. A year in, however, year-over-year sales from March 2021 fall far behind sales numbers from March 2020, when the pandemic first took hold.

In February, the fresh perimeter clocked an 11.3% increase over February 2020.

More than 40 million American jobs depend on food and agriculture industries.