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Cautious Optimism: An Outlook for Produce in 2024
Mar 7, 2024 · Food and beverage promotional investment will continue to tick up slightly. The macroeconomic environment will trend positively, with wage growth and income outpacing CPI inflation. We believe all these factors will combine to create modest volume growth for food and beverage retail in 2024 — the first such volume increase since Q4 2020.
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11 hours ago · Accomplished chefs and students will build produce-centric platters for brunch, lunch/dinner and dessert. Each December, the New York Produce Show and Conference promises and delivers a potpourri of Instagram-worthy moments – from selfies at its lavish cocktail reception to group shots at the trade show to pictures under festive decorations adorning the streets near Times Square.
About Us - Produce Business
Oct 21, 2024 · About Us. First published in 1985, Produce Business is the only national and international publication devoted to the buying end of the fruit, vegetable and floral markets. The magazine is edited for the buying end of the trade: supermarket retailers, restaurant chains, foodservice distributors, wholesalers, exporters, etc. Editorial is geared ...
Breakthrough Innovations Showcase Fresh Produce
1 day ago · After years in development, Fresh Express launched its Hot or Cold Teriyaki Salad and Noodle Meal Kits in September for $5.99. They feature a variety of chilled, freshly chopped vegetables, including broccoli, red and green cabbage, kale, shredded carrots, radish, and green onions. The value-added bagged salads also come with crunchy wontons ...
Positive Outlook For Fresh Food Despite A Negative Year
Aug 17, 2021 · Global sales of fresh food products have grown continuously in recent years, driven by increased demand for healthier, unprocessed products. In 2020, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequent restrictions on consumer movements led to negative volume growth. Although a greater degree of home seclusion led to increased domestic consumption, this was more than offset by the reduction ...
Pecans: A Better-For-You Snack - Produce Business
2 days ago · Tiernan Paine, owner of Tree-Ripe Fruit Co., Milwaukee, WI, has a particular take on pecans, in part because of his unique approach to selling produce to consumers. Tree-Ripe uses multiple trucks to visit scheduled locations and sell to consumers directly from the vehicles. “We’ll show up with a semi loaded up with peaches, pecans, and ...
Top Seven Trends for Fresh Produce in 2021
Feb 2, 2021 · The year 2020 has been unprecedented in many ways and has been extremely challenging for fresh produce suppliers, retailers, and shoppers.The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines brings us all hope for a return to normal in the coming year. We at Breakthrough Solutions believe there is, actually, a new and better normal ahead. With that focus, we want to share our predictions of seven key trends for 2021.
COVID-19 and The Produce Industry: The Great Accelerator
Oct 27, 2021 · The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of our nation’s food supply chain. Stay-at-home orders led to consumer spending habits shifting from foodservice to retail, including a surge in ecommerce sales. The traditional supply chain could not react in time, and food was left stranded to rot at every point.
Demand for Organic Peppers Growing - Produce Business
2 days ago · Peppers are the No. 2 organic vegetable and rising. Organic pepper sales stood at $174 million in 2022, according to Category Partners research, in second place behind lettuce among organic vegetables at the nation’s retailers, but it will take continued promotion to regain that spot. Organic Produce Network statistics show, for 2024 first ...