Jeniece Drake

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Industry Partners

Grocery Inflation Won’t Put a Damper on Most Consumers’ Memorial Day Plans

Latest Numerator data shows 73% of people will head to the store to buy food, and 42% will be purchasing alcohol beverages.

Wholesalers & Distributors

CPG Industry 'Exceptionally Frustrated' With Persistent High Inflation: Consumer Brands CEO

"This is the 14th straight month that we’ve seen wholesale prices push above the historical trend line, and the CPG industry ... is exceptionally frustrated," the CEO of the Consumer Brands Association says.

Vegan and vegetarian frozen-foods purveyor Mosaic Foods Market will open its first brick-and-mortar store May 20 in Brooklyn.

The NoMad area store, set to open June 1, will feature food choices from more than 20 local farms.

Research finds the impact of rising prices is having a comparable effect with most ethnicities and generations; however, Black consumers are experiencing the highest rates (up 13.9% vs. a year ago).

UNFI said customers in more markets this year will be able to reserve bags of surplus and soon-to-expire foods at steep discounts through its expanded collaboration with Too Good To Go.

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