Family-owned-and-operated since 1910, Belair Produce understands its success depends upon the loyalty of its customers. This commitment has been the bedrock of its business for over 100 years. With increased demands throughout the industry, especially during the pandemic, Belair Produce knew it had to embrace new technology in order to scale, grow and operate as efficiently as possible while continuing to make an impact with customers.

Wakefern Food Corp. will pilot an autonomous supermarket making use of AI-based frictionless checkout technology from Israel-based Trigo.

The Kroger Co. and Nuro announced an expanded collaboration to continue redefining the customer experience leveraging autonomous vehicles with the introduction of Nuro's third-generation autonomous delivery vehicle.

In 2018, Kroger and Nuro announced a partnership to deliver fresh groceries with all-electric, autonomous vehicles.

Alsum Farms & Produce of Wisconsin has selected Consentio as its digital trading platform of choice.

“We have been piloting Consentio for a few weeks now as we believe the platform will help streamline and accelerate our sales order processing, and so improve customer service," said Wendy Dykstra, chief operating officer. "Consentio will link directly to our Microsoft Dynamics ERP system removing the need to manually enter orders and significantly reducing our workload.”

Randal Raney, owner of Clean Crop Solutions, has spent more than three decades as a lobbyist for the agriculture industry, representing and helping clients within the sector and advocating for owners and cultivators to use clean technology on their crops and plants.  

His passion and efforts led to him starting Clean Crop Solutions.

Verdant Technologies established a Mexican entity and plans to serve produce and floral customers in Mexico with its shelf-life extension solution, HarvestHold. Mexico is the first country targeted in Verdant’s plans to scale internationally across the globe.