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The latest developments and top trends in produce, meat, seafood, deli, bakery, cheese, floral and specialty and gourmet foods.

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Recent Study Reveals Boost in Bagged Avocado Sales

 By Jennifer Strailey on Sep. 07, 2021

The Hass Avocado Board finds purchases of bagged avocados have increased at three times the rate of bulk over a four-year period.

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3 Best Practices to Expand Produce Sales

 Sponsored content from our partner TC Transcontinental Packaging on Aug. 19, 2021

Here are three best practices to keep customers happy and profits high.

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3 ways to encourage spontaneous purchases at the grocerant

Sponsored content from our partner Schuman Cheese on Aug. 17, 2021

How can retailers make their grocerant the impulse-buy hotspot of the store? Here are three key strategies.

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BrightFarms Bought by Majority Investor Cox Enterprises

By WGB Staff on Aug. 17, 2021

Cox Enterprises, the Atlanta-based media, communications and automotive company, is acquiring indoor farming specialist BrightFarms as it seeks to build a multibillion-dollar clean-tech business.

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New Players, Price Parity and More Meatless Chicken: Where Plant-Based is Headed Next

By Christine LaFave Grace on Aug. 13, 2021

Forget the "hot vax summer." It's time for faux-chicken-nugget fall. Plus, where does lab-grown meat stand to gain ground? Look to the seas, says Bloomberg Intelligence's Jennifer Bartashus.

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Another Record-Breaking Month for Wholesale Prices

By Christine LaFave Grace on Aug. 12, 2021

Processed and unprocessed food prices slid in July from June but remain largely above July 2020 levels. For the entire U.S. economy, wholesale prices climbed 7.8% year over year in July.

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Consumers Brought Home the Bacon and Spent More Time in Grocery Stores in July

By Christine LaFave Grace on Aug. 12, 2021

July was a continuation of recent trends for U.S. grocery shoppers, IRI reported, as consumers ate fewer meals at home, did more of their grocery shopping in-store and spent more time in the grocery store. How rising coronavirus cases may change things in August remains to be seen.

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Make It a Meal: Boost Basket Sizes with Meal Kits

Sponsored content from our partner Sandridge Food Corporation on Aug. 10, 2021

Convenience is evergreen among consumers’ top priorities, and especially for busy families, meal kits offer an excellent timesaving solution for quick-yet-high-quality meals.

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Step to It: How (and Why) Zeal Creamery is Using Pedometers on Cows to Signal Product Quality

By Christine LaFave Grace on Aug. 04, 2021

Zeal Grass Milk Creamery wanted a meaningful and memorable indicator of its farming practices and commitment to quality. Enter the step-count challenge for cows.

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Waste Not: How the Pandemic Shifted Shoppers' Sustainability Priorities

By Christine LaFave Grace on Jul. 23, 2021

Having watched their garbage pile up in a year spent eating mostly at home, consumers are more aware of and concerned about food waste and product packaging—and they're looking for the companies they buy from to be, too.

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