Tag: produce blueprints

Raley’s Supermarket, with its slogan, “Nourishing Our Communities,” has been focusing on nutrition and sustainability for years in western states, and these attributes have come to the forefront in its new O-N-E Market concept.

Rochester, NY-based Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. has 109 stores in eight states in the Northeast and along the East Coast and continues to expand southward. In October 2022, Wegmans opened a new location outside Wilmington, DE, marking its first location there.

Trade experience survey data reported on Stonehedge Produce Corporation, previously located in Atlanta, GA, never exceeded more than two trade reports.

The Problem: Buyer attempting to hold seller to last week’s offer. The Key Point: If not expressly defined, the seller’s offer is good for a “reasonable time.”

In past articles, we typically have studied companies with a more significant tenure and with a well-established footprint. However, there are some produce companies that don’t make it past their first year—as previously mentioned, approximately 20 percent of them.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly one in five U.S. businesses fail within the first year.

It’s quite remarkable how online shopping has become a significant part of the total retail food shopping experience. It’s a validation of the point that convenience is one of the principal motivators in influencing consumer behavior.

One area of innovation with plenty of untapped potential for the entire industry is data tracking and integration.

After years of investment, controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is now projected to reach more than $172 billion in 2025, according to KD Market Insights, up from over $74 billion in 2020.

For many consumers, the sustainability message has become increasingly important.