Tag: coronavirus

Whenever I’m feeling like some punishment, I wade into a moms group discussion on social media. It’s an eye-opening experience. This time of year, the windmill I’m usually chasing is the Dirty Dozen. Instead, it’s fresh produce safety during COVID-19.

Favor has just launched 75 new Texas markets within an accelerated one-week timeframe, as well as expanded its delivery areas in its existing markets.

Several states have taken measures to ensure grocery store workers have access to similar benefits and protections as first responders.

Restaurants across the country have been offering take-out of their menu items and do it yourself family meal packs since the COVID-19 crisis closed dining rooms, and now two national chains have launched official "grocery" concepts.

he coronavirus and government quarantines have triggered significant shifts in consumer shopping behavior, packaging preferences as well as purchase priorities. That’s the topline finding from a national consumer survey by Category Partners.

SEPC members packed, shipped, unloaded, re-packed, and distributed almost 70,000 pounds of fresh produce via drive-thru format in order to maintain social distancing and serve as many as possible - 500 families locally and another 500 will be served from food banks that received a portion of the donated product.

March 29 marks the end of what has been, for most people, the third week of tightening social distancing measures caused by the rapid spread of the coronavirus.

A critical part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s mission is safeguarding the human and animal food supply, helping to ensure that our food is not contaminated at any point during its journey along the supply chain.