Meijer's West Detroit Market Director Joe Chandler’s leadership team recently participated in a volunteer event at Friendship Circle, a nonprofit in suburban Detroit. The organization’s Weinberg Village is a “mini-city” that serves as an environment to teach children with disabilities about budgeting resources.

Progressive Produce, a year-round grower, packer and shipper of fresh produce, grows thousands of acres of potatoes, onions, asparagus, citrus and other fruits and vegetables throughout North and South America, offering its produce 365 days a year.

Perhaps the heat has turned many grocery shoppers into homebodies. That means good news for online grocery industry. According to the latest Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopper Survey the delivery aspect of online grocery sales was up 22 percent for the month of July. Ship-to-home also posted strong results, climbing 6 percent, while pickup held steady year-over-year. Overall, July online grocery sales reached $7.9 billion, an increase of 9.2 percent

Growing in the rich, organic muck soils of Wisconsin’s Marquette, Columbia, Sauk and Adams counties, Gumz Farms has a legacy of four generations of family ownership behind it. The Endeavor, WI-based company grows red and yellow potatoes, grows and sources yellow, white, red and sweet onions, and packs and ships all year-round.