December 2009
- Dole’s Salad Guide Bagged salads jump-started the fresh-cut produce industry and today account for nearly $5 billion in sales. A few big companies, one of which is Monterey, Calif.-based Dole Fresh Vegetables, dominate the segment. Dole’s share of the market is growing, approaching 40 percent, and it is the world’s largest producer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, with revenues of $7.6 billion in 2008.
- Turning the Corner: Americans are eating out more now than at the beginning of the year, but they’re spending less at each visit, according to a new study published by AlixPartners in October. The study surveyed 1,000 consumers to evaluate their eating trends and compare the results to surveys conducted earlier in the 2009.
- Under Pressure Ohio State University food science researcher V.M. “Bala” Balasubramaniam isn’t feeling pressure to perform. He’s using pressure.
- Window Shopping
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