NielsenIQ, a global leader in retail measurement, announced it has entered into a new cooperation agreement with The Fresh Market, a specialty food retailer celebrated for its fresh-focused offerings. This cooperation is poised to support The Fresh Market as it continue to grow and reinvent the grocery experience.

“We are delighted to work with The Fresh Market, a leader in delivering exceptional shopping experiences. This agreement marks a significant step forward in our commitment to provide the Full View of the consumer wherever they shop. NIQ’s solutions recognize that traditional channel

As Fresh Farms enters its second season of its “Taste To Believe” grape campaign, it has found that significant opportunities exist to grow the expanding grape category beyond the traditional buy-sell model typically seen with grower/shippers and retailers to impact sales.

The campaign's core objective was designed last year to drive increased grape sales industrywide by engaging and educating consumers at the retail level. The strategy involves not only leveraging weekly and digital ads but also incorporating vibrant point-of-sale materials that highlight the distinctiveness of different

GrubMarket, a leading food technology company and pioneer in Enterprise AI solutions for America's food supply chain, announced the launch of AI Chatbot, an advanced AI-powered tool designed to revolutionize customer, vendor, and employee support for companies in the food supply chain industry. This innovative solution leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence to deliver personalized, contextually relevant assistance tailored to the specific needs of food industry businesses. Once initialized with relevant data, AI Chatbot provides world-class support, providing high quality answers to

Since 2019, when the minimum wage in California was $11 per hour, wage rates have increased by 45 percent over five years, reaching the current $16 per hour. Some legislators are now proposing bills to raise the minimum wage to $18-$20.

While some farmers have adopted automation, many crops still require handpicking to avoid damage and to maximize yield. Automation is expensive, and small farms often struggle to afford it, leading to a trend of fewer, larger farms and reduced competition.

Additionally, the sunsetting of California's agriculture exemption for overtime, which had been in place

Iceberg lettuce was originally known as “crisphead.” That’s because it was shipped in containers filled with ice. Then it was named “iceberg” in the early 1900s due to the icing process. Iceberg was the most popular lettuce at one time. Green leaf was also popular. However, Iceberg lettuce was used to process the now fashionable packaged fresh-cut salad mix. After the inception of the packaged salads, other lettuce varieties such as red leaf, Romaine, Boston or butterhead as it’s also called helped boost the category even more.

Iceberg lettuce is still favored by many individuals. Dan Avakian

Following a cross-country tour spanning 10 U.S. regions, Spice World, America’s leading provider of fresh and flavorful garlic, has compiled its followers’ favorite dishes in an eCookbook. Tens of thousands of Spice World’s dedicated customers sampled tasty regional recipes and voted on their favorites for inclusion in the online book.

The eCookbook is full of delicious meals, appetizers, side dishes and other fare and is free to download here. Everything in the one-of-a-kind eCookbook meets criteria of being both flavorful and easy to make. Recipes include Easy Onion Cavatappi Mac ‘n Cheese