Walmart is not the top grocery retailer in Canada in sales– Loblaw has that distinction -- but it is globally with in-store net sales of about $503 billion. Of that number, $49 billion is in on-line net sales, a sales channel that’s expected to…
- Arizona growers, who market 52 million cartons of lettuce annually, have adopted more stringent water quality metrics.
- Damage from Hurricane Dorian’s winds and rains varies depending on crop and location in the Maritimes. Assessments are underway.
- A New Zealand company’s bite-sized apples caught the jury’s eye at Asia Fruit Logistica, held September 4-6 in Hong Kong. Rockit Global has won the marketing campaign of the year.
- Norwegian’s BAMA Packaging has won Scandinavian’s ScanStar award for paper packaging for blueberries.The shape makes optimal use of packing space in trucks.