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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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Price Over Appearance: What Shoppers Now Want Most in Produce

 By Christine LaFave Grace on Mar. 07, 2022

As fresh fruit prices soar, FMI's 2022 Power of Produce report finds a plurality of consumers now saying price is their No. 1 factor when making produce purchasing decisions.

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In a Private-Label Refresh, SpartanNash Revamps Its 'Our Family' Cheeses

 By WGB Staff on Mar. 02, 2022

Cheese products in the company's popular private-label line get new formulations and fresh packaging that lets shoppers scan a QR code to access a recipe featuring the product.

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Bowery Farming Wants to Transform Fruit Picking

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 16, 2022

Strawberry fields forever: A New York-based vertical farming company has acquired computer-vision and robotics specialist Traptic as it seeks to apply smart technology to commercial fruit production.

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Deli Wins Again in January as Inflation Tops Consumer Concerns

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 16, 2022

Consumers made more meals at home as inflation and surging COVID-19 cases (and winter) only boosted at-home dining's appeal, IRI's latest shopper survey suggests.

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January Wholesale Food Prices Pick Back Up

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 15, 2022

After a brief cooling in December, final-demand food prices rose 1.6% month over month and were up nearly 13% year over year in January.

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Seeing Green: Why Vertical Farm Kalera Sought a SPAC Deal for Growth

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 15, 2022

"We have a very aggressive rollout strategy," COO Austin Martin says, "and we believe that being first is important in having access to the deep equity markets here."

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Indoor Farmer Soli Organic to Expand Its Acreage

By Abbey Lewis on Feb. 10, 2022

The Rockingham, Va.-based company to build a soil-based controlled environment farm in the Seattle area—the second of eight new facilities planned.

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Price-Sensitive Shoppers Are Buying Less Meat, Poultry and Dairy

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 09, 2022

Higher prices in the store perimeter are driving basket changes, Symphony Retail AI finds.

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Ultrafast Grocery Players Target Food Waste

By WGB Staff on Jan. 26, 2022

Users of the Too Good To Go app can sign up to receive a "Surprise Bag" from grocers containing surplus baked goods, prepared foods, produce and more at one-third of the retail price of the items.

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Deli, a Dark-Horse Winner in 2021, Looks Ahead

By Christine LaFave Grace on Jan. 25, 2022

Meat's more expensive, but consumers can still make a satisfying sandwich. Here's where deli is standing out.

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