We are just a few weeks into January, so it is still customary to wish one another a healthy and happy new year. It’s an ancient tradition, but isn’t it a beautiful one? I love how we pause to look ahead and make new resolutions. With that thought in mind, I wanted to take a closer look at a few of the anticipated lifestyle trends for 2023. I hope that something on this list will inspire you to meet your customers where they are. Helping them to achieve a life where they feel both healthy and happy.

No doubt as you read this, we are already inundated with forecasts on what to expect in the

Plum Market, a grocer promoting organic and locally sourced food and essentials, opened its first Florida store, though its official ribbon-cutting ceremony celebration will be Jan. 13.

The company said it will offer a new grocery shopping experience to south Floridians. The full-service neighborhood market features all natural, organic, specialty and locally sourced products, with a fast casual dining component. The Plum Market store promises peak-of-season produce, grocery and apothecary essentials, all natural and sustainably sourced meats and seafood, and chef-crafted prepared dishes made

The Center for Produce Safety has developed a reputation for bringing together today’s diverse stakeholders to work toward the goal of enhancing fresh produce food safety. At the same time, the center is also working to cultivate the next generation of science talent for tomorrow’s produce safety community. 

For several years, CPS has worked to level up the skills of young scientists assisting CPS-funded researchers. They already know CPS and understand produce safety; the center rounds out their STEM skills with leadership, communication and business etiquette.

A leading food retailer

Wakefern Food Corp. announced an Own Brands Supplier Diversity Summit. The latest summit is an open call to diverse private label manufacturers to source food and beverage products for potential addition to Wakefern’s award-winning Bowl & Basket and Wholesome Pantry store brands portfolio.

Certified Diverse private label manufacturers and suppliers interested in participating in Wakefern’s Own Brands Supplier Diversity Summit are encouraged to submit their application through RangeMe through Jan. 23. Wakefern’s private label team will consider submissions for virtual pitch meetings and

The typical post-holiday decline in demand has resulted in an almost-across-the-board drop in FOB prices on western vegetables, but cold weather and a seemingly unending string of storms has kept some prices at a relatively high level this month.

“Celery is still in the mid-$50s,” said Adam Sides of Boskovich Farms in Oxnard, CA, noting that demand dropped off as expected right after the holiday, but cooler temperatures and heavy rains have limited supply and kept the market strong.

Talking to The Produce News on Monday, Jan. 9, Sides said the Oxnard region was getting rain and more was

The U.S. online grocery market finished December with $9.1 billion in total sales, up 2.4 percent compared to the previous year, and only 2 percent lower than the record high of $9.3 billion last seen in Q1 of 2021, according to the monthly Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey.

December’s strong monthly sales results and year-over-year gain was driven by a combination of more households buying groceries online during the month and slightly higher average order values although these still trailed grocery price inflation. The average order value gains were partially offset by