Sprouts Farmers Market is now available on Uber Eats for on-demand grocery delivery, starting in Florida and expanding to all Sprouts locations by the end of the year. Customers will be able to order thousands of fresh, natural and organic products from Sprouts by simply visiting the Uber Eats mobile app or website, where they can choose to have groceries delivered on-demand or schedule a delivery for later in the day or week.

Marketing apples is easy as snapping your fingers with Stemilt’s Lil Snappers kid-size fruit. As a proven way to market apples as a fresh, healthy snack for parents and children, Stemilt Marketing Director Brianna Shales said Lil Snappers are an all-in-one merchandising tool for retailers to increase purchase size and move apple volume.

Hot potatoes. Really hot potatoes.

That is the state of the potato category, a market that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Cornell University say is producing dollar sales gains that are increasing by more than 10 percent annually. The reason: consumers see potatoes as a healthy option, tasty, different uses, easy to prepare and, perhaps most importantly, relatively inexpensive, especially during times of high inflation.

It’s the holidays again — time to share the magic of Christmas flowers with customers. Rio Roses provided five effective in-store marketing strategies. During the festive season, they grab attention and make shopping unforgettable.

For the second year in a row Affinity Group held a reception during the New York Produce Show. This year’s event took place Tuesday, Dec. 5 at The Knickerbocker in Times Square, and attendees looked out on some of the best views Manhattan offers from the rooftop bar. A large gathering of the company’s clients and customers enjoyed an evening of food, drinks and friends the night before the NYPS trade show opened up. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against California Fresh Citrus Company for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The company, operating from California, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to two produce sellers in the amount of $1.13 million from March 2019 through March 2020.