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Fresh produce can be a budget hero with below-average inflation

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The September Marketplace “Life remained home-centric in late summer,” said Jonna Parker, Team Lead, Fresh with …

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IRI August report shows inflation causing consumers to scale back purchases

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Information Resources, Inc., which recently merged with The NPD Group to create a leading global technology, analytics and data provider, today released a new report, August 2022 Price Check: Tracking Retail Food and Beverage Inflation, with insights about food inflation and its impact on consumer shopping behavior.

IRI: Consumers respond to rising prices by shopping promotions, value options, and trading down

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Information Resources, Inc., which recently merged with The NPD Group to create a leading global technology, analytics and data provider, today released new insights about food inflation and its impact on consumer shopping behavior.

Late Easter sales results in dollar gains for fresh produce

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Inflation not only took the headlines for the Easter holiday, but also dominated everyday spending.

Inflation having outsized role in retail produce department

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The U.S. consumer price index increased +7.9% for the 12 months ending February 2022. This was the largest 12-month increase since July 1981, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

AWG, IRI team up on grocery retailer-vendor portal

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Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG), the nation’s largest cooperative food wholesaler to over 1,100 independent companies and over 3,200 supermarket locations in 28 states, and IRI, a fast-growing global technology leader in innovative solutions and services for consumer, retail and media companies, today announced a strategic partnership to launch AWG Partner Gateway, a portal to enable integrated and seamless collaboration between AWG members and their vendor partners using IRI Liquid Data technology.

Vegetable sales improve at retail but inflation takes toll on volume

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November 2021 picked up where October left off: grocery shopping and food consumption patterns remained in flux, especially as holiday purchases started much earlier.

Inflation, supply chain fears push consumers to frozen, canned

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Just 9 percent of consumers don't plan to have a Thanksgiving celebration this year, and a third of shoppers are stocking up early.

IRI Thanksgiving Shopping Trends survey shows planning ahead

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IRI, a global leader in innovative solutions and services for consumer, retail and media companies, today released the latest insights on Thanksgiving-related grocery trends, expanding on the findings published on Oct. 21 and Oct. 27, 2021.

Robust demand pushes fruit sales ahead of normal

- Retail
Fruit is still holding above 2020 and 2019 levels, but we're seeing signs of inflation pushing the fresh share of dollars higher.