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Albertsons, DoorDash pair for on-demand grocery delivery

- Retail
Albertsons will offer more than 40,000 grocery items from stores for delivery via DoorDash, including fresh and prepared food, core grocery, floral and convenience items at select stores.

Execulytics Consulting identifies Canadian shopper preferences post-covid

- General News
Execulytics Consulting, a leading consulting firm for the fresh produce industry, has completed an in-depth report that highlights Canadian shopper preferences in a post-covid world.

Oppy’s vine-ripened tomatoes coming soon

- General News
Over a million poles stretch toward the sky on 750 rolling acres in Oceanside, California, graced by vines that will yield the season’s first vine-ripened roma and round tomatoes come the Fourth of July.

Online grocery sales for May 2021 down 16% versus year ago

- Featured
The U.S. online grocery market posted $7.0 billion in sales during May, down 16% versus a year ago, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey fielded May 28-30, 2021.

AppHarvest breaks ground on fourth and fifth high-tech indoor farms

- General News
AppHarvest, Inc., a leading AgTech company, public benefit corporation and Certified B Corp focused on farming more sustainably using up to 90% less water than open-field agriculture and only recycled rainwater, today announced the start of construction for two new high-tech indoor farms in Central Appalachia.

Bonduelle Fresh Americas inaugural 2020 corporate social responsibility report shows progress

- General News
Leading plant-based food innovator Bonduelle Fresh Americas, the U.S.-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of Bonduelle and home of Ready Pac Foods, continues its global sustainability journey with the release of its inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility report today.

Electronic avocado reveals areas of potential damage

- General News
In the pursuit of improved efficiency, reduced waste and the highest quality, Colombian based avocado producer, Agrícola Ocoa used an advanced electronic data logger to seek out sources of damage within their production chain and achieved a significant reduction in losses due to damage and bruising.

Luby’s Inc. to sell restaurant operations

- General News
Luby's, Inc. today announced the Company has entered into an agreement to sell the Luby's Cafeteria restaurant business to a newly formed affiliate of Calvin Gin.

ProduceIQ: Heat wave leaves industry parched

- Analysis
While decreases across categories dragged the overall index slightly down, anxiety over Western heat and forecasted precipitation is causing prices for lettuce and certain dry vegetables to jump off the floor.

Transportation costs will remain high for years, experts say

- General News
The market dynamics that have led to higher transportation costs were a long time coming and won’t quickly be solved.