Tag: covid-19

Sales also were affected by a voluntary product recall by Mann Packing in the fourth quarter of 2019, as sales have not yet returned to pre-recall levels.

The program will provide a sustainable and tangible solution to help the nation address one of its most enduring challenges: food insecurity.

From tonic water to hand sanitizer and toilet paper, consumers are stocking up on a wide array of things during this pandemic. There’s one, at least, benefitting the fresh produce industry.

Fresh produce growth for the week of April 19 versus the comparable week in 2019 did increase, but much less so then seen in prior weeks, at +3.3%.

I understand that a lot of categories, like canned vegetables, flour, bread, eggs, and meat, are unpredictable and setting ads has to be a nightmare.

More than 150,000 pounds of produce, 43,500 gallons of milk to be donated to Feeding America food banks during the first week of the initiative.

Fruit sales dollars are on a troubling trend line. Now is the time to educate consumers about how to buy fruit to last the week.

The Produce Marketing Association put together a panel of e-commerce experts to discuss how that area is faring for its upcoming Virtual Town Hall scheduled for April 22.

The week of April 12th marked the year’s earlier Easter as well as the sixth week of the coronavirus-related grocery shopping patterns. Since the onset of coronavirus in the United States, grocery retailing conditions have been unlike any ever experienced in recent history.

SNA and United Fresh are connecting produce distributors and fresh-cut processors to schools interested in single-serve, individually wrapped packs of fresh produce. School nutrition operators report that single-serve packaged produce saves labor and time, while also addressing perceived concerns about sanitation.