BrightFarms broke ground Thursday on a 160,000-square-foot greenhouse that will exclusively supply Roundy’s stores with 1 million pounds of produce a year.
Located in the Chicago suburb of Rochelle, Ill., the greenhouse will grow salad greens...
Harvest Natural Market — a retail operation from Atlas Group, a Houston-based natural food distributor — has opened its first store in Katy, Texas, with at least four more scheduled to open.
The second store is due to open in the fall in The W...
Wedding bells are ringing, and supermarket floral departments hear them loud and clear.
With consumer budgets for the big day increasing year over year along with spending on bouquets, corsages and centerpieces, retailers are positioning thems...
Ahold USA said Wednesday it has joined the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program, and that it is committed to buying tomatoes only from growers meeting the CIW’s labor standards and paying a "penny-per-pound" premium on tomato orders ...
The thing about produce departments is, they kind of all look the same.
“And not even from an assortment standpoint. Even just a merchandising strategy,” said Jonna Parker, director, Nielsen Perishables Group.
“It’s an important department...
Three retailers using “Eat Brighter” promotional materials with Sesame Street characters in the produce department report that fruit and vegetable sales are higher this year than the same period last year, according to a new survey from the Produ...
Fabrizio Casini​Fabrizio Casini, the former director of produce for Hiller’s Markets, has joined Plum Market as senior produce specialist, Plum Market said.
Plum Market, based in Farmington Hills, Mich., operates five stores in Ill...
