What stops a shopper from trying a new fruit or vegetable is often uncertainty: How to choose the right one, when it’s ripe enough to eat and how to cut it and use it. .. Read More
- May 09, 2023
- Produce Education , Mangoes , Produce Retail
How are retailers and suppliers inserting fruit-and-vegetable ideas, tips and solutions to shoppers with young families in May and June?.. Read More
- May 09, 2023
- PMG Produce Market Trends , Produce Marketing
Short-form video is still king on social media... Read More
- May 08, 2023
- PMG Produce Market Trends , Produce Marketing
While a yellow onion and a red onion are obviously different, it’s not as easy to tell the difference among all the fresh onions with long green leaves and white tips that come in springtime. .. Read More
- May 05, 2023
- Produce Education , PMG Produce Products , Onions
PMG, retail and education editor Amy Sowder digs into the world of marketing produce to young families this spring — especially to picky preschoolers... Read More
- May 05, 2023
- PMG Industry Perspective , Produce Marketing , PMG Produce Market Trends
Video commerce platform Firework has released a beta version of possibly the first-ever generative, artificial intelligence live-shopping solution — and the pilot program is with a grocery retailer... Read More
- May 04, 2023
- PMG Retailer Insight , Produce Tech , Produce Retail
Retailers and third-party companies teach their personal shoppers to select the right produce and handle consumer tastes. .. Read More
- May 03, 2023
- Produce Education , PMG Produce Market Trends , Produce Retail
Improve your store's digital impulse sales of produce after learning the strategies these data, analytics, marketing and produce experts say works in e-commerce... Read More
- May 01, 2023
- PMG Retail Merchandising , Produce Retail
More than 4,645 people in the community — from former employees, longtime shoppers, family, colleagues and friends — posted tributes within two days after the death of the Northeastern grocer founder... Read More
- Apr 28, 2023
- PMG Retailer Insight , Produce Retail , People , Obituary
New York City-based Bowery, a vertical farming company serving more than 1,800 grocery stores and e-commerce platforms, expanded its ready-to-eat salad kits to all 166 Giant Food locations... Read More
- Apr 27, 2023
- PMG Produce Products , Controlled Environment Agriculture , Produce Retail
If there was ever a short list for a city to host a pop-up produce dinner for 80 media and influencers, Manhattan would be near the top — if not No. 1, of course... Read More
- Apr 26, 2023
- Mushrooms , PMG Produce Market Trends , Sustainability , New York
The milestone was achieved in fewer than two years... Read More
- Apr 26, 2023
- PMG Produce Market Trends , Sustainability , Produce Retail
Learn about the five specific areas of the grocery retailer’s sustainability and conservation efforts... Read More
- Apr 24, 2023
- PMG Retailer Insight , Sustainability , Produce Retail
Produce executives, retail dietitians, suppliers and marketers mingled as the Arizona sun softened, creating a festive evening air for the welcoming party at Produce for Better Health's Consumer Connection Conference... Read More
- Apr 21, 2023
- People , International Fresh Produce Association
The gas station H-E-B convenience stores are being rebranded as H-E-B Fresh Bites, offering on-the-go customers fresh produce and convenient meal options... Read More
- Apr 20, 2023
- PMG Retailer Insight , Produce Retail , Texas
Per Bank will be the president and CEO of Loblaw Cos. Ltd., a Canadian supermarket chain and distributor headquartered in Brampton, Ontario... Read More
- Apr 18, 2023
- PMG Retailer Insight , People
Strawberries are becoming like semi-precious jewels as yet another produce category that’s gaining sophistication, variety and premiumization. .. Read More
- Apr 17, 2023
- Strawberries , PMG Produce Products , Produce Retail
Welcome to PMG’s Produce Artist Award Series, a quarterly contest among produce managers and merchandisers, showcasing their produce artistry, strategy and know-how. See the winter 2023 contest winners in this webinar... Read More
- Apr 17, 2023
- Awards , PMG Retail Merchandising , Produce Retail , Merchandising , Video
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The theme was collaboration as social media marketers and retail dietitians mingled with suppliers and C-suite executives at Produce for Better Health's Consumer Connection Conference... Read More
The market research firm surveyed grocery shoppers on factors affecting their choice of store, ranking the stores with the most favorable outcomes. Hint: Trader Joe's found the top of several lists... Read More
- Apr 12, 2023
- PMG Data and Research , PMG Retailer Insight , Produce Retail
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Amid fragrant jasmine, intense sunshine and a Camelback Mountain backdrop, digital marketers and retail dietitians mingled at Produce for Better Health's Consumer Connection Conference... Read More
- Apr 11, 2023
- People , PMG Produce Market Trends , International Fresh Produce Association , Produce Retail , Nutrition
The northeastern grocery chain keeps making changes that benefit the planet, from biodegradable potato bags and kinder cleaners to electric vehicle charging stations, solar power and compressed natural gas trucks... Read More
- Apr 10, 2023
- PMG Retailer Insight , Produce Retail , Sustainability
Indoor vertical grower AeroFarms is transferring its Newark, N.J., commercial operations to its commercial farm in Danville, Va., so that the New Jersey location can handle R&D operations... Read More
- Apr 06, 2023
- PMG Supplier Spotlight , Controlled Environment Agriculture , Northeast (U.S.)
Like the regions where the produce originates and the people who eat them, tropicals are a diverse, beautiful lot... Read More
- Apr 06, 2023
- PMG Retail Merchandising , Tropical Fruit , Produce Retail , Merchandising
No other holiday celebrated in the U.S. is bigger for the avocado industry than Cinco de Mayo — besides the Super Bowl, which many Americans consider an unofficial holiday... Read More
- Apr 06, 2023
- Produce Marketing , Produce Retail , PMG Produce Market Trends , Avocados