Tag: labor

The Department of Labor released the Final Rule regarding the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for H-2A employers yesterday delivering the latest in a series of burdensome regulations directly impacting the fresh produce industry.

Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced the launch of Instacart Business, a new business-focused offering that brings the best of Instacart to businesses with features designed to help them save on costs, time, and resources.

As I said in a previous column, the first State of the Industry Report from the International Fresh Produce Association is a valuable and comprehensive document. But it doesn’t say much about the salient issue facing the American produce industry: labor.

Here’s a curious statistic: 2.5 billion of the world’s workforce would work harder if their employers treated them better, according to a study by Qualtrics XM Institute.

Finding enough quality workers has been a concern throughout the fresh produce pipeline. The pandemic made that situation worse, as many people quit the workforce in general, leading to an increase in wages and greater competition across industries.

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index decreased in January following an upwardly revised increase in December 2022.

The following is an open letter from Joe Erlinger, President of McDonald's USA

Well, this is unusual. I come across a news item indicating that growers are quite happy with a government-mandated wage increase.

There has been a lot of talk about Title 42—a public health measure introduced during the pandemic to staunch the flow of refugees across the nation’s southern border and maintained since then.

Statement by Jim Bair, President & CEO of U.S. Apple Association, December 22, 2022.