“The fresh produce industry operates on extremely tight margins, at every stage from grower to wholesaler to retailer. Our industry is the ultimate supply-and-demand economy, and our real goal must be to increase demand for fresh fruits and vegetables. That’s the key to raising prices paid to farmers, allowing reinvestment for growth. Transparency in any supply chain is a good thing, and we always welcome USDA’s analysis of our markets. It’s important for each sector in our supply chain not to lose sight of our goal to grow fresh produce consumption, while fighting with one another over whose share of a dwindling pie is bigger.”
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United Fresh Awards 5 Grand Prize Winners, Honors the Essential Workers of the Food Supply Chain’s Front Lines
Marking its sixteenth year recognizing exceptional retail produce managers, United Fresh Produce Association today honored its 2020 Retail Produce Manager Awards Program winners during the Retail-Foodservice LIVE! General Session. The group of 25 produce managers represents supermarket banners, commissaries and independent retail stores from 16 different states and Canada. …
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United’s New re-Fresh Experience Continues With Food Safety, Shopper Marketing and Sustainability
After a successful launch of the first two sessions in a series of ten, United Fresh will continue to gather the industry for the next three United re-Fresh Experience sessions beginning Tuesday, January 12, 2021. The United re-Fresh Experience takes place throughout the month of January, guiding the industry through business strategies and objectives to meet the needs of our new reality. …
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United Fresh Applauds Introduction of Bill to Launch Second White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Hunger
Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mike Braun (R-IN) and Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) introduced the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger and Health Act to start the process of convening a second White House conference to address the nation’s nutrition crisis. …
