Tag: produce blueprints

Coastline Family Farms in Salinas, CA, spent over $20,000 upgrading technology infrastructure and equipment during the pandemic.

Even with all the advantages demonstrated by new technologies, no one expects this pandemic situation to last forever.

2020 COVID hinderances such as stay-at-home orders, travel restrictions, and limitations on face-to-face interactions haven’t just led to the more widespread use of existing technology, it’s leapt fully into new universes.

Businesses may have scrambled at the onset of the coronavirus and the shutdown that followed, but the months since have seen many find simple and/or ingenious ways to combat the limitations brought on by the pandemic.

From my perspective, I don’t recall ever seeing a year like 2020. And the question I get asked about quite frequently is: “What’s 2021 going to look like?”

To say the pandemic has been stressful is a bit of an understatement.

The 2020 pandemic created unprecedented complexities in ensuring food safety.

U.S. consumers opted for packaged produce in the early days of the lockdown.

Even with the uptick in purchasing, Covid hasn’t moved the needle much when it comes to produce consumption in the U.S.

Understandably, the virus has caused changes in consumer purchasing behavior. While increased demand for produce was widespread in the lockdown’s early days, it did not include all SKUs.