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Kroger delivery quits Central Texas, South Florida

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Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., can’t handle the heat in South Florida and Central Texas. The company is closing its delivery-only concepts in both markets.

Cox Enterprises launches Cox Farms, one of the largest greenhouse growers in North America

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Cox Farms includes Mucci Farms and BrightFarms, and plans to continue to pursue additional ventures and investments in the indoor agriculture space.

ProduceIQ: March Madness meets Easter produce demand

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About as fickle as a March Madness bracket, Spring transition has arrived! In search of better-growing conditions, most produce commodities will transition northward over the next five weeks.

EWG releases 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce: The Dirty Dozen

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Non-organic produce is loaded with fungicides that may harm human hormone systems, according to the Environmental Working Group’s 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, released today.

ProduceIQ: A very lucky Weekly Market Highlights

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As the luck of the Irish would have it, we're kicking off this week's produce industry newsletter with updates that might make you feel like you've found a pot of gold.

Chicken chain denied Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing as debts pile up

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A judge denied the second bankruptcy filing by the owner of rotisserie chicken chain Boston Market, leaving it on shaky financial ground.

GrubMarket acquires North Carolina wholesaler

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GrubMarket announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Salisbury, North Carolina-based Performance Produce, a well-respected and vertically integrated fresh produce business that sells over 80 different items, sourced primarily from the U.S. and Mexico.

CASE STUDY: A Leamington Hothouse Bankruptcy Part 1

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Lakeside Produce Inc., ended its journey when it filed an Assignment in Bankruptcy on January 17, 2023 in the Ontario Superior Bankruptcy Court.

ProduceIQ: March brings winter to the West and summer to the East

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California has turned into a real-life snow globe. Up to ten feet of snow is expected in parts of the Sierras. Although the late winter storm will impact logistics throughout the state for a few days, the snowpack and rain will only benefit the industry in the dry season.

Bad weather hurts January restaurant performance

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January offered little clarity in terms of the current health of the restaurant industry from a year-over-year growth perspective.