Schnuck Markets Inc. and Instacart will expand their omnichannel partnership by deploying Caper Carts, Instacart’s smart carts, in select stores. Caper Carts automatically identify items as they are added to the cart using computer vision and artificial intelligence, allowing customers to bag as they shop, skip the line and seamlessly checkout on the Cart from anywhere in the store. Caper Carts will first roll out at select Schnucks St. Louis stores this fall, with a broader planned rollout later this year following successful initial deployments.

Top Brass is a fourth-generation family farm that started out with just an immigrant’s dream. Ted Vignolo created this empire and his children’s children continue to watch the business flourish.

Grapes have long been a lifeline for Top Brass, with the farm having started growing its initial 40 acres of table grapes in the San Joaquin Valley in 1962 and increasing production almost yearly over the last six decades.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry:

Nature Fresh Farms has launched its organic, greenhouse-grown strawberries in North America, filling demand for premium, organically grown strawberries that offer increased flavor and freshness with Nature Fresh Farms Organic Greenhouse Berries.

Salix Fruits, a leading company in the import and export of fresh fruits, touted its achievements during a successful first half of the year. 

Summer Citrus from South Africa celebrates its 25th consecutive year shipping citrus from South Africa to the United States. The SCSA group has grown more that 2.5 times over in the past few years, shipping about 100,000 pallets to the United States, with sustained growth planned for the next three to five years.