The online grocery market finished last month with $8.8 billion in total sales, up 1.5 percent compared to last year, according to the monthly Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey. Excluding Ship-to-Home sales, the core eGrocery segments of Delivery and Pickup slipped 1.2 percent compared to last year, which reflects a drop of almost 9 percent in Delivery sales and a gain of nearly 5 percent for Pickup during the month.

As the first to load South African plums headed for North America after eight years in 2022, Oppy plans to continue energizing the category with a successful season two.

The opportunity emerged when U.S. authorities tightened 2021 Chilean plum import regulations following pest detection — Oppy advised its retail partners to substitute with fruit from South Africa where it had recently enlisted Sila Louw to manage its operations.

FirstFruits Farms is making big strides in the fresh produce industry with the construction of an advanced cherry production line at its facility in Prescott, WA.

The production line will feature some of the most advanced technology in the world offering total automation, resulting in the ability to provide customers with the highest quality fruit available. The new facility will continue to put FirstFruits Farms at the forefront of retail integration.

For G&R Farms, the Vidalia onion category is of the utmost importance as the company has grown into a third-generation, family farm based on consumers love for the product.

In 1948, Raymond and Rubye-Jean Bland began a 50-acre farm in rural Georgia. Following his father’s passion, Raymond’s son Delbert envisioned the company becoming the preeminent grower, packer and shipper of the renowned Vidalia Onion.

The Vidalia Onion Committee noted that the Vidalia season starts around the third week of April and ends in August, and people are gearing up for another exciting season. With Vidalia season starting mid-April, six weeks goes through Memorial Day as consumers get into the swing of summer grilling season and the habit of summer cooking.