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The Texas drought: a unique set of pressures

- Analysis
Of late much of the media conversation about water use has focused on California, but Texas, with its own multiyear drought, faces similar pressures.

Food surplus app Too Good To Go expands in Texas

- General News
Too Good To Go, the world's largest marketplace for selling surplus food, is now available across the state of Texas.

Texas Retail: Defining service

- Produce Blueprints
Taking another angle on better serving customers, Trader Joe’s is working on an entirely different endeavor.

Texas Retail: Expanding footprints

- Produce Blueprints
Kroger isn’t the only grocery company to show increasing interest in Texas. “Amazon has been a factor in home delivery of grocery for the past couple of years,” says Gary Huddleston, a grocery industry consultant for the Texas Retailers Association.

Texas Retail: Distribution and fulfillment

- Produce Blueprints
Several large retailers continue to build and open distribution centers in Texas for online ordering, pickup at the store, and home delivery, says Gary Huddleston, a grocery industry consultant for the Texas Retailers Association.

Texas Retail: Beyond numbers

- Produce Blueprints
While dollar stores may have many locations, they aren’t necessarily the most popular places to shop, according to research firm Wisevoter, which ranked grocery chains based on foot traffic.

Texas Retail: The players

- Produce Blueprints
Known for barbeque, longhorns, oil, football, and a wealth of crops, the Lone Star State also is the site of a highly competitive retail grocery market.

Advocacy in action: TIPA hosts second produce giveaway in Austin

- Featured
This was the second April in Austin event TIPA organized. From talking to participants, the grass-roots lobbying efforts were fruitful, with direct contact with lawmakers, and raising awareness for issues affecting the Texas produce industry.

Gordon Food Service Stores expand into Texas

- Retail
Gordon Food Service, a privately held and family-managed foodservice distributor with operations in the U.S. and Canada, today announced it will open six new Gordon Food Service Stores in the greater Houston area to serve local restaurants, food operations and the public.

IFPA takes industry advocacy on the road in Texas

- General News
International Fresh Produce Association’s Rebeckah Adcock and John Hollay traveled to Texas the first week of March to bring IFPA’s advocacy priorities to industry members, partners and policy makers.