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Organic Trade Association to Host Organic Week 2023

The flagship event comes at a pivotal time for organic sector, OTA stressed.

April 28, 2023

Organic industry members will gather to share knowledge and collaborate during Organic Week 2023 on May 9-11, 2023. The event, hosted by the Organic Trade Association (OTA), comes at a pivotal time for organic sector.

Retail Insights® 2023 Retail Universe

for U.S. Premium Natural Organic Food, Supplement & Personal Care Sales

March 1, 2023

Jay Jacobowitz, President and Founder, Retail Insights

Industry grows 4.08%, adds $3.887 billion, reaches $99.3 billion total sales

7 Challenges Impacting Independent Retailers & Solutions to Win in 2023

December 22, 2022

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

Challenge 1: Rising cost of doing business “Increasing costs of doing business are disrupting the entire retail supply chain,” reports Joe Tarnowski, VP of Thought Leadership & Global Media, RangeMe & ECRM. “Consumers and manufacturers alike are feeling the impact, and this is shaping how each behaves.” On the supply...

Survey: Inflation's Impact on Grocery Shopping

November 23, 2022

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

Increasingly, U.S. consumers are cutting back on their grocery shopping as a result of inflation. That's the finding of a survey commissioned by specialist PR consultancy Ingredient Communications. SurveyGoo polled 500 U.S. consumers during the first week of October 2022. A previous survey was conducted in December 2021 when inflation was already...

Report: Inflation Hits Organic Fresh Produce in Q3

October 26, 2022

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

Monterey, CA—Ongoing inflation is impacting organic. Retail prices of organic fresh produce increased during the third quarter of 2022, generating a 4.1% increase in total organic dollars but also contributing to a decline of 4.5% in organic volume compared to the same period last year, according to the Q3 2022...

Q2 Report: Inflation Hits Organic Produce

August 15, 2022

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Monterey, CA– Total organic fresh produce sales increased during Q2 2022, according to the Organic Produce Performance Report issued by the Organic Produce Network (OPN) and Category Partners. Sales of organic produce totaled $2.4 billion for the quarter and the retail price increased 3.7%. Organic volume decreased by 2.8%. Compared...