As Consumers Fret Over Prices, Big Canadian Grocers Take Fight Down East
The grocery wars are heating up and heading east, amid signs that consumers are becoming concerned about higher prices as the industry consolidates. …
Month: July 2013
In Maine, Grocery Trends Mean War For Stores
The big, traditional supermarket chains that dominate the Maine market, such as Shaw's and Hannaford, still draw plenty of shoppers, but competition for the dollars that were predominantly spent in those stores has heightened sharply in recent years. Today less than half of consumers' food budgets are spent at supermarkets, down significantly from just a few years ago. …
Gotham Farmers Sprout Cash Crops With Millions In Seed Funds
When Whole Foods debuts its long-awaited Brooklyn location in the Gowanus neighborhood this year, it will boast another first—a commercial-scale rooftop farm. The 20,000-square-foot greenhouse facility, operated by local grower Gotham Greens, will produce the Butterhead lettuce, tomatoes and herbs that consumers will find downstairs in the vegetable aisle. …
Global Organic Specialty Source: A Business Growing, Organically
Mitch Blumenthal's Global Organic Specialty Source, which began in a converted barn at his 10-acre east Sarasota farm, has become an important regional conduit for getting pesticide-free fruits and vegetables from farms to grocery store shelves. …
Rabobank: US Greenhouse Produce Market To Grow To Over $4 Billion By 2020
Though still in its early stages, the U.S. greenhouse industry has been steadily growing over the past decade. This growth, driven in part by the need for more intensive production due to limited land, water and labor, has pushed sales over $3 billion and is estimated to reach over $4 billion by 2020. …