The Kroger Co. it will offer more Americans delivery through the addition of a new customer fulfillment center in Aurora, CO, powered by the Ocado Group, engineering a model for the region, leveraging advanced robotics technology and creative solutions to redefine the customer experience in the Denver Metro Area.

"We are thrilled to expand and introduce our innovative Kroger Fulfillment Network to one of the fastest growing areas in the country and have the opportunity to grow our workforce," said Gabriel Arreaga, Kroger's senior vice president and chief supply chain officer. "Through the

Following the theft of its honeybees earlier in the year, The Giant Co. added two new beehives, housing 30,000 honeybees, near the company’s seven-acre pollinator-friendly solar field at its corporate headquarters. The company will continue to add to the colony over the next several months and will ultimately house 450,000 honeybees in nine beehives by next year.

The new beehives and honeybees were unveiled in celebration of National Pollinator Week. The event was attended by The Giant Co. President Nicholas Bertram and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding, as well

While the supply chain issues that plagued the nation and the produce industry since the beginning of COVID-19 are not gone, the situation has improved with produce truck rates backing off their highs and far fewer ocean freighters stacked up in West Coast ports waiting to be unloaded.

Several different statistics can be used to assess the U.S. trucking situation but the most relevant and immediate for the produce community is the cost of freight. The cost of shipping a load of produce in a refrigerated truck has been well above the traditional levels for most of the past two years. It seems

There is a cadence in our society when it comes to problem-solving. We acknowledge the problem. We determine the cause(s) of the problem. We identify, prioritize and implement solutions. Then, the problem is (hopefully) solved.

We can agree that there is a pervasive and persistent fruit and vegetable consumption crisis — one made worse by COVID-19’s effect on nutrition security — in our country and around the world. In the U.S., at least eight out of 10 consumers are not eating the recommended amount of produce daily, with fruits and vegetables being consumed, on average, 5.8 and 7.5 times

Peppers, tomatoes and sweet corn — three top of the line items — are ready and waiting to be set up on aggressive displays in your produce department. Plan to promote these items by choosing key locations and go all out to capture some meaningful sales volume. Expand space and set up a waterfall spillover onto the original boxes for an appealing presentation.

Peppers: Demand is fairly good and the market is steady. Product is shipping out of Georgia, Florida, California and Mexico. Quality and supply is good with lower markets. Green Bells are seeing a lower market out of Georgia with South

It has been dubbed the Great Resignation, and refers to the record number of Americans that have voluntarily quit their jobs in the past year.

In April of 2022, 4.4 million Americans quit whatever job they had, marketing the eleventh consecutive month with more than 4 million resignations. Each month that 4 million represents almost 3 percent of the workforce. Though it’s only a rough estimation, economists have guessed that about 40 percent of all workers have quit their jobs since the beginning of 2021.

To put this number in perspective, it is important to note that the average number of