Last October, Grocery Outlet made online shopping and delivery available to customers for the first time. The initial pilot with Instacart ran for six months across nearly 70 Grocery Outlet stores in California. Now the company is expanding nationally to offer same-day delivery from nearly 400 Grocery Outlet stores.

With this expansion, customers can access the broad selection of fresh produce and pantry staples from Grocery Outlet online and have orders delivered in as fast as an hour.

Agricultural Research Service scientists have begun to uncover details underlying a pattern of seasonal E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to bagged Romaine lettuce.

Manfredi Cold Storage, which provides cold storage, repacking, refrigerated freight and more to the produce industry, is expanding throughout its home in Kennett Square, PA and in its newest facility in Pedricktown, NJ.

The Vidalia Onion Committee welcomed the 2022 season by announcing the sweet onions are again included on the official menu of the Kentucky Derby. Featured in the Kentucky Derby’s on-site and at-home menus, Vidalia onions add in the sweet and versatile flavor they’re known for to a variety of Derby-worthy dishes.   

Over the past two years, the produce sector has had its share of challenges that have also created significant operating changes for retailers. This prompted partners to think creatively and push beyond the traditional operating environment that had driven the business through previous economic cycles.