Instacart is inviting people nationwide to get the tree lot delivered to them this holiday season. For the first time, Instacart customers can now order fresh-cut trees, artificial trees, and a wide variety of seasonal decor via the Instacart App for same-day delivery from a variety of grocery, wholesale, home improvement, and specialty stores across the country.

That Flower Feeling, a brand representing the U.S. fresh-cut flower and foliage industry, has been awarded a Bronze Award in the “Luxury and Premium Brand” category in the global Epica Awards.

With an enthusiastic nod to unity, love, and new beginnings in the year ahead, 1-800-Flowers.com has named the alluring orchid and the captivating Calathea Rattlesnake as its 2023 Flower and Plant of the Year.

Goldenberry Farms, a grower, packer, exporter and importer of tropical fruit based in Miami, announced its special limited-edition Lunar New Year’s offering of Lucky Golden Fruits, an eye-catching and value-added packaging of cape gooseberries, with leaves, prepared especially for the holiday season.

Food technology company Apeel and U.K. grocery giant Asda have seen success through an ongoing partnership in store locations across the United Kingdom that has reduced year-over-year in-store food waste in the citrus and avocado categories, compared to control stores. Asda locations offering Apeel-protected produce saw a 36 percent decrease in citrus waste and 10 percent decrease in avocado waste, when compared to control stores.

As a thriving operator on the New England Produce Center, Garden Fresh Salad Co., has seen a large return of business in 2022, as the impact of the pandemic is thankfully slipping away.

“Things have definitely been more back to normal after what we all experienced in 2020 and 2021,” said Patrick Burke, owner of the company. “The last few months have been crazy busy with the lettuce and romaine items. So, while it’s been better, you get a period like the two months we’ve just had where everything is so sky-high, it puts a dent into what you’re doing.”