Amazon announced that next year Whole Foods Market customers in Washington, DC, and Sherman Oaks, CA, will have the option to skip the checkout line.

"Several years ago, our physical retail team asked ourselves how we could make the physical shopping experience better for customers," said Dilip Kumar, Amazon's vice president of physical retail and technology. "We saw that customers didn’t like standing in checkout lines, which is how we came up with the idea to build Just Walk Out technology.

In addition to Amazon Go stores, Just Walk Out Shopping is currently available at several Amazon

Square Roots, a leader in urban indoor farming, is expanding its retail presence with two new salad mixes, entering the $8.1 billion packaged salads and greens category. Square Roots’ salad mixes include a boost of healthy microgreens and crisp baby leaves grown across the company’s network of cloud connected and climate controlled indoor farms.

“Our new salad mixes disrupt a category that has seen little innovation, while consumers are seeking simple ideas to make eating healthy easier and more convenient,” said Raji Margolin, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Square Roots.

After research, consumer, and field trials, Goldenberry Farms announced commercial availability of its non-GMO Premium Select Goldenberries.

Hand-picked, and packed on site for peak freshness, the berry is larger and with more flavor than the traditional goldenberries — or cape gooseberries — available today.

Premium Select Goldenberries by Goldenberry Farms range in size from 22-28 millimeters, in comparison with the standard commercial size of 12-19 millimeters, and offers a tropically sweet flavor profile with soft notes of pineapple and strawberry.

In addition, Goldenberry Farms

Naturipe, a farmer-owned producer and marketer of berries and value-added products, continues its inaugural Summer of Snacking campaign, as fresh raspberries and blackberries enter their late-summer peak season. Naturipe’s Summer of Snacking celebration aims to help customers sell more berries by highlighting the benefits of healthy snacking done right as shoppers continue a busy summer season after a pandemic.

Americans are still snacking in record numbers, so what are some easy ways shoppers can snack healthy and make nutritious choices this month and as we head into fall?

Enter Naturipe

Publix Super Markets Inc. has signed a lease for its first store in Kentucky. The Louisville store is 55,702 square feet adjacent to a Publix Liquors, the first located outside the state of Florida.

The grand opening date has yet to be determined and will depend on several factors, including permitting and completion of the store’s construction. However, the store is anticipated to open during the fourth quarter of 2023.

“Being company owners, Publix associates are committed to providing the highest level of service and quality products to exceed our customers’ expectations," said Publix CEO

In the produce world, many consumers prioritize cost, but there are people who will pay a premium for Amish-grown foods that not only offer delicious flavors but are grown through safe and effective methods. Green Field Farms is dedicated to supporting the farmers that provide those fruits and vegetables.

Based in Wooster, OH, Green Field Farms is a cooperative that was founded as an Amish, organic farming cooperative in 2003.

“The produce program officially started in about 2007 and quickly grew to become a viable outlet for selling organic produce in small, Amish, family horse farms,” said