The performance of individual organic produce categories ranged widely last year, according to the State of Organic Produce 2022, a report released today by Organic Produce Network. The 72-page report provides an overall view of organic produce retail performance in 2022 as well as specific insights into the top 20 organic produce categories.
ASHEVILLE, NC The National Watermelon Association kicked off its 108th annual convention, here, on Feb. 22 with an opening reception at the historic Omni Grove Park Inn, overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina. This year’s convention is notable for the retirement of longtime Executive Director Bob Morrissey and National Watermelon Queen Coordinator Eleanore Bullock, and the welcoming of new Executive Director George Szczepanski and National Watermelon Queen Coordinator Kerri Wiggins.
For more than four decades, WP Produce, a family-owned and operated grower, packer and shipper of Desbry tropical produce for the U.S. grocery retail and foodservice industry, has been a leader in importing tropical avocados from the Dominican Republic and is a full-line purveyor of tropical and exotic items.
DoorDash and ALDI formed a new partnership to bring on-demand grocery delivery to nearly all ALDI locations across 38 states. With the addition of ALDI, more than 98 percent of DoorDash’s monthly consumers in the U.S. have access to a non-restaurant store on DoorDash.
Schnuck Markets Inc. is joining supermarkets and food manufacturers nationwide in celebrating the annual Supermarket Employee Day. The Food Industry Association has proclaimed this holiday to recognize employees at every level for the work they do feeding families. With more than 40,000 individual stores that sell food and grocery items in the U.S. alone, many supermarkets serve as the backbones of their communities. Millions of supermarket employees come to work daily to keep shelves stocked and to provide communities with essential services that help them survive and thrive.