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Online grocery sales finished October with $7.8 billion in total sales, down 3 percent compared to a year ago and flat versus the prior month, according to the monthly Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey. While October's year-over-year decline was similar to the previous month, October's results were driven by different factors, including changes in spending per order, order frequency and monthly active users, that were not evenly distributed across the leading retail fo...

The National Watermelon Promotion Board sponsored the 47th Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 30 in Washington, DC, drawing more than 11,000 marathoners, nearly 5,000 10k runners and 982 Ultramarathoner finishers. It was the eighth year the NWPB sponsored the event, and its Team Watermelon was on hand and gave out an estimated 28,000 samples of watermelon to runners, friends, family and supporters from all 50 states and more than 50 countries.

Nature Fresh Farms has launched Yoom, a two-bite, deep purple tomato that is full of flavor and ideal for tomato enthusiasts. With an intensity and range of flavor from savory to fresh and a hint of plum-like sweetness the Yoom is a flavor experience that can enhance meals or be enjoyed on its own.

Allegiance Retail Services, LLC, announced the passing of Daniel Katz, chairman and CEO of Allegiance Retail Services, LLC. Having served in these positions since 2019, Dan led the cooperative through critical transformational periods and was instrumental in solidifying strategic supply agreements.

Fresh Farms, a leading produce marketer of fresh fruits and vegetables from Mexico grown by the Molina family, is reflecting on its experience at the recent IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show in Orlando, with thoughts about how it was able to maximize its trade show experience.

Arizona’s Governor Ducey has proclaimed November 2022 as Arizona Leafy Greens month. Through this proclamation he called upon all residents to recognize the Arizona leafy greens industry during the month of November for consistently producing an abundance of nutritious and safe leafy greens. This is the 10th annual celebration and during that time Arizona farmers have produced more than 90 billion servings of lettuce (based on the average production of 9 billion servings per year).

When Steven Gilfenbain, CEO of Double Date Packing decided to open his own date packing operation it was with one singular goal: delivering a better eating experience to the consumer. Rather than bringing his dates to another packing house, where he had no control over how his date would be handled and delivered, Gilfenbain launched Double Date.

Arizona’s Governor Ducey has proclaimed Nov. 2022 as Arizona Leafy Greens month. Through this proclamation he called upon all residents to recognize the Arizona leafy greens industry during the month of Nov. for consistently producing an abundance of nutritious and safe leafy greens. This is the 10th annual celebration and during that time Arizona farmers have produced more than 90 billion servings of lettuce (based on the average production of 9 billion servings per year).

TOMRA Food has appointed Paul Slupecki as senior vice president, head of TOMRA Fresh Food. This follows the reorganization of TOMRA Food into two business areas, TOMRA Fresh Food and TOMRA Processed Food. 

While vertical farming techniques have recently been producing an increasing amount of our food requirements, Local Leaf Farms has developed a novel approach to further reduce food miles and logistics headaches. Operating out of Barrie and Kingston, Ontario, Local Leaf Farms uses small footprint vertical farming operations to bring hyper-local production of high nutrient produce right to consumers with an ability to be on grocers’ shelves within hours of harvest.