Latest Fresh Produce News & Insights

Check out this episode of "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast that's all about the agtech side of the fresh produce industry... Read More

The meal plan feature includes a budget tracker, an expanded library of more than 8,000 exclusive recipes, shoppable ingredient lists and hands-free cooking mode with step-by-step timer. .. Read More

One of the benefits of packaged produce is the ease of correctly ringing it up, whether it’s the store cashier or the shopper doing it themselves with an app, a price gun, a smart cart or self-checkout station... Read More

The San Francisco-based company has added an inventory management solution to its AI-powered fresh tech platform used by grocers, including Fresh Thyme and Heinen's... Read More

Retailers and produce companies should collaborate for better security from cyberattacks, says Johnny McGuire, a produce information technology director and head of ProduceSupply.org's Cyber Security Council. .. Read More

This is what Walmart rolled out to tens of thousands of store associates and how it will affect their jobs... Read More

When it comes to what retailers are looking for when they choose their apple suppliers, quality product is a given — but what helps them stand out?.. Read More

The Kansas City, Mo.-based software solution provider works with independent grocers’ produce departments across North America... Read More

Inspired by one of the 50,000 recipes on Food52.com? Now, with a Chicory partnership, shoppers can buy those ramps and rambutans with the click of a button — from their preferred local grocery retailer... Read More

In this "Tip of the Iceberg Podcast" episode, with ZAG Technical Services, Dennis Donohue dives into water, economics, next-generation agriculture workers, robots and more. .. Read More

The Packer recently sat down with the Divert CEO to learn how his company is partnering with retailers including Ahold Delhaize, Albertsons Cos., and Kroger to convert billions of pounds of wasted food into energy... Read More

"Technology is the new ag input" for cybersecurity, labor, data, regulations and all the other produce company stressors of today and in the future, says Greg Gatzke, founder of ZAG Technical Services... Read More

In this episode of the "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast, Martha Montoya, CEO of Agtools, shares how she uses 76 data variables to help growers, brokers and retailers make farming, sourcing, buying and selling decisions... Read More

CEA, or controlled environment agriculture, is not a consumer term, so panelists at the conference gave tips on what to focus on instead to sell more CEA produce at retail and restaurants... Read More

Learn from ZAG Technical Services data expert Thuan Ngo how getting a better handle on the data you already have is key before diving into AI — making smart buying, selling, marketing, investment decisions... Read More

For the little grocery store standing on its own, there's no data division providing insights that direct produce business decisions. Resources are limited. So, startups are brainstorming solutions... Read More

In this second episode of our ZAG Technologies series, produce veteran Andy Tudor shares how tech doesn't necessarily involve computers, but it can. Listen to how it's changed the industry and will continue to do so... Read More

How much money is being lost if only 44% of food promotion plans sent down from corporate are executed accurately at the store level?.. Read More

The new Ask Instacart search tool is designed to make meal planning easier, faster and more inspiring for grocery shoppers... Read More

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 1, which introduces a series on produce technology, co-hosted with ZAG Technical Services. It's the hidden side of produce, full of challenges and solutions from farm to shelf... Read More

Some recipes on mango.org have shoppable ingredients, thanks to a partnership with Chicory. Consumers can select the retailer of their choice... Read More

Learn how an award-winning partnership between The Fresh Market and Firework is inspiring shoppers to buy produce and other grocery ingredients while attending live virtual cooking events... Read More

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

Clarifruit CEO Elad Mardix says artificial intelligence could help optimize supply chains, reduce waste and enable the industry to balance ever-increasing demand and a need to significantly reduce emissions... Read More

Each year, a staggering 119 billion pounds of food — nearly 40% of all food — is wasted in the U.S., but companies across the fresh produce supply chain are using technology to stem the tidal wave of food waste... Read More