Tag: week in review

Greg calls in from a busy week in Phoenix, with back-to-back International Fresh Produce Association conferences, and Pamela's got news about Getir, Fresh Direct, and trading out at restaurants.

Pamela calls in from CPMA in Vancouver, and Greg has news from the Kroger/Albertsons merger. Hear what trends are top of mind for the Canadian produce industry.

Pamela tries to explain what's going on with the Tomato Suspension Agreement -- hopefully a little less confusing than the OTHER TSA. And in retail news we've got Wawa, Wegmans, SpartanNash, Aldi, Hy-Vee all making moves.

VIVA Fresh week is here, and Pamela says it will likely be its biggest ever. One hot topic will be the tomato suspension agreement, which Greg says heated up this week

Greg and Pamela show off some new Aldi swag to talk about how Aldi and Lidl are succeeding with food inflation. Amazon Fresh is ditching Just Walk Out technology. The technology had some flaws, but Pamela says there's more to the story.

The Federal Trade Commission had a lot of influence on this week's news, from a failed merger to pandemic supply chain issues.

While we don't have any Kroger news this week, there are some bombshells from the Prima Wawona bankruptcy sale.

Pamela breaks down her experience at Food Tank, and what possible implications Dollar Tree's closure of nearly 1,000 Family Dollar locations on produce.

Pamela expects SEPC Southern Exposure to be full of innovation on the eve of the expo.

The FTC has filed a lawsuit to block the Kroger/Albertsons merger, and Kroger says ... see you in court. Dollar General opened its 20,000th store, and Pamela says the store they chose to feature is telling.