Year: 2023

Crisp Partners With Databricks to Provide A Live Feed of Retailer Point-of-Sale and Distributor Data to Improve Supply Chain Visibility

January 12, 2023 Crisp

 Crisp, an innovative retail data collaboration platform, has announced a new partnership and integration with Databricks, the lakehouse company, to expand retail data access and analytical capabilities. With this partnership, joint customers can access the latest retailer point-of-sale and supply chain data directly from their lakehouse utilizing the Delta Sharing feature to improve supply chain forecasting, prevent out-of-stocks (OOS), and expand distribution across retailers. …

Bad Customer Experiences Cost North American Businesses Over $200 Billion a Year

January 12, 2023 Steritech

A new survey of 3,000 North American adults revealed the potential costs of a positive or negative customer experience for food and retail brands. According to the survey, although consumers are more likely to respond to a positive experience, negative experiences could potentially cost North American businesses more than $200 billion every year. …

Pure Flavor Accelerates Expansion – Acquires DeTemporada Farms

January 12, 2023 Pure Flavor

With tremendous year over year growth fueling significant plans for expansion, greenhouse fruit & vegetable company Pure Flavor® announced the acquisition of DeTemporada Farms, a 25-acre greenhouse Bell Pepper farm located in Merlin, ON.  …

New Varieties to Account for More than 50% of Chile’s Table Grape Exports

January 12, 2023 Chilean Fresh Fruit Association

Although slightly higher than December’s estimate, the new forecast shows a decrease of 8.9% from 2021/22. This is largely the result of varietal replacement within the table grape industry in Chile. …

Local Bounti Introduces Asian Style Chicken Lettuce Wrap Kit Featuring Greenhouse-Grown Living Butter Lettuce

January 12, 2023 Local Bounti Corporation

Local Bounti Corporation, a breakthrough U.S. indoor agriculture company combining the best aspects of vertical and greenhouse growing technologies, announced the launch of its chef-inspired Asian Style Chicken Lettuce Wrap Kit, a restaurant-quality meal solution that is prepared at home in about 5 minutes, at 194 Sprouts Farmers Markets locations in California and Arizona. …