Instacart Partners With Feeding America to Launch The #GiveFromTheCart Challenge

July 16, 2020 Instacart

The #GiveFromTheCart Challenge invites consumers to turn their grocery carts into good by donating the value of their last grocery cart to Feeding America to help support communities struggling with growing food insecurity.

Ethel Ann’s Bakery of Madison Shifts From Wholesale to Online Retail Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

The first client for their wholesale business was Nordstrom’s. Their product was in all the stores in Chicago and Milwaukee. Then the pandemic hit, and Nordstrom’s closed its stores.

How Coronavirus Spread Through JBS’s Greeley Beef Plant

The coronavirus spread among JBS employees in March — just as confirmed cases in Colorado were climbing out of the hundreds and into the thousands. By the end of the month, nearly 200 employees and dependents had been checked out for confirmed or suspected COVID-19. The outbreak peaked on March 27.

New Grocery Research Suggests Consumer Behavior and Purchase Decisions Continue to be Driven by Coronavirus Concerns

July 14, 2020 Service Management Group

Service Management Group has published new grocery research about how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting consumer behavior, shifting expectations and changing shopping habits.

National Fisheries Institute Statement on COVID19 and the Safety of Imported Shrimp

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been clear that there is no known transmission of the novel coronavirus from “food or food packaging”, and that there is “no reason to be concerned” about the virus passing in this way.