Online grocery sales declined more than 3 percent in September versus last year, ending the month with $7.5 billion in sales, according to the latest monthly Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey. Declines in order frequency and spending per order contributed to the drop while an expanded base of monthly users softened the slip in overall sales and signaled continued interest in buying groceries online.

Avocados From Mexico is kicking off its national shopper marketing campaign ahead of the 2024 big game. This year, the brand has a fresh take that shoppers will love: Avocados From Mexico is partnering with football, food and reality TV star Jesse Palmer to encourage shoppers to host a Better Bowl — a game-day viewing party made better with plenty of guac.

Now that the pandemic is behind us and the universe is supremely health conscious, it’s obvious that refining our diet to include more onions is just good common sense.

Onions boast numerous healthy attributes — high vitamin C content, good dietary fiber and folic acid, low sodium, no fat and other desirable qualities — but it’s worth noting that mankind has turned to the globes to boost health for millennia.

Wholesum Family Farms, a grower-shipper of organic and Fairtrade-certified greenhouse produce, based in Amado, AZ, will feature its full line of products at the upcoming IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show in Anaheim, CA, with a particular emphasis on its Arizona-grown items.

IRVING, TX — Avocados from Mexico held a celebration Oct. 3 at its headquarters, here, to launch its AVOLAB culinary innovation center and recognize its 10th anniversary as a leading marketing organization of the beloved fruit for which it is named.

Since expanding their onion-growing operation to that of grower/packer/shipper in 2019, brothers Phil and Brock Obendorf have consistently strengthened the company’s vertical integration each year. This season, Parma, ID-baed Obendorf has made changes to both the packingshed and farm.

“We are continually making improvements in the packingshed to increase the quality of product our customers are receiving,” Phil Obendorf said. “While they may not be huge capital projects, we are identifying small areas of improvement that we hope our customers will recognize.”