When you consider that food is at the center of so many important moments of our day, it’s not a surprise that the place you go to get those groceries has also evolved to be more of a community center than just a store.  While grocery stores have always been a place where neighbors connect and pick up their weekly ingredients for home cooked meals or packed lunches, over time they’ve become an all-inclusive experience for many shoppers.

We’ve seen the addition of pharmacies and registered dietitians to increase convenience and promote health in-store. We’ve seen the addition of foodservice at

Flashfood has released its third annual Impact Report: The Future of Waste is Health at the 2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit. The report digs into the growing connection between food waste and the health and nutrition crisis, presenting the case that wasting less fresh food is one of the simplest and most scalable tools to address a pressing nutrition crisis.

Included alongside Flashfood’s company milestones and achievements in 2024, Flashfood released the results of its first-ever GHG assessment and original shopper insights on the health outcomes of Flashfood.

From farmers markets to bodegas, consumers will shop anywhere and everywhere to get the exact item they want. This has made life increasingly difficult — and uncertain — for traditional brick-and-mortar grocery stores. Rising prices and declining consumer confidence aren’t helping.

Despite these challenges the grocery sector has shown resilience, with consistent year-over-year growth in foot traffic, according to the Placer.ai report, Grocery in 2025: Visitation trends and Consumer Behavior. The growth is encouraging and indicates a strong underlying demand for grocery shopping. ​

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Walmart plans to equip store associates with a powerful new suite of AI tools designed to eliminate friction, simplify actions and make work more efficient.

“AI is a key enabler in improving how we work, and we believe its full potential is unlocked only when paired with the strengths of our people,” said Greg Cathey, senior vice president, transformation and innovation. “When you put intuitive, accessible technology into the hands of millions of associates, the impact isn’t incremental — it’s transformational.”

Store associates, who once navigated a complex, tool-based environment, are now

As peak melon season approaches, Legend Produce is ramping up shipments of its premium melon offering, including Kiss Melons varieties, Origami cantaloupe, full size watermelons, mini watermelons and honeydews. The company is offering promotable volumes to meet demand across retail, wholesale and foodservice channels this year. 

With harvests under way in Arizona and Mexico, and soon transitioning to California, the company is well-positioned to deliver consistent quality and supply through the summer months. 

“This year, we have done a lot of work to understand where the melon category is

Tropical activity continues in the Eastern Pacific following hurricane Erick last week as another tropical system is expected to form off the coast of southern Mexico later this week.

“Environmental conditions are conducive for gradual development and a tropical depression is likely to form over the weekend,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

These regions have already received significant precipitation and hail from previous tropical systems with extensive damage reported in some Iceberg, Romaine and broccoli fields. Numerous crops are likely to be impacted