The Packer’s 2020 West Coast Produce Expo is expanding as a free virtual event.

This small stone fruit was one of the least purchased items in this year’s survey. 6% of customers purchased apricots within the past 12 months.

The likelihood of a plum purchase climbed three percentage points from last year. While families with kids were slightly more likely to buy plums, at 27%, than those without kids, at 25%.

A lot has happened in the sweet potato industry recently. Catch up here on the latest sweet potato news brought to you by The Packer.

According to 2020 Fresh Trends data, 26% of customers purchased sweet potatoes within the past 12 months. Read more data and research on sweet potatoes here.

Farm Journal, the parent company of Produce Retailer and The Packer, is enhancing its Produce Market Guide digital platform by merging it with Produce Retailer, creating a combined brand called PMG.

Fresh trends data and research on a variety of pineapple purchase demographics, such as; region, ethnicity, household size and income.

Apples and oranges always find themselves near the top of the list of most popular fruits in the produce department.

Spinach was the second most popular item that consumers bought as organic at least some of the time, of those studied in Organic Fresh Trends 2020.

Younger shoppers are more open to buying organic tomatoes every time they make a purchase, according to Organic Fresh Trends 2020.