Tag: produce with pamela

Prior to the pandemic, the produce industry spent a lot of time talking about more sustainable packaging options. After a break, I’m seeing retailers getting back on track with pilot initiatives for an array of different styles of packaging.

AUSTIN, TX — Whenever I’m in a funk and need inspiration, I store check.  

When I picked up my peaches from The Peach Truck on a Wednesday, I imagined a pleasant waft of ripe peaches permeating my car. What I got was a cold box of hard-as-a-rock peaches from a reefer truck.

I love peaches. I love all stone fruit. I've worked in produce, specifically covering the retail supply chain, for 15 years and I still can't consistently pick a perfect peach at retail.

What would you do with 35 mangos?

No online shopper can pick just the right watermelon, or avocado, or banana -- or can they? 

I came across this flippin’ sweet corn display at H-E-B’s Central Market over the weekend and couldn’t resist snapping a photo.

Would it surprise you to know that the world’s first bioengineered apple is more than 20 years old?

My inbox is overloaded with keyword news alerts. The amount of “plant based” news that has little to do with fruits and vegetables is astounding – and, frankly, kind of depressing sometimes.

Gone are the citrus fruits and purple organics signage along the wet rack, replaced with the signature Walmart blue denoting “Fresh Fruits & Vegetables, Local, Organic.”