Scenes From United Fresh

06/27/2018

The annual United Fresh produce show, and the co-located SmartFood Expo and Healthy Shopper Summit took place this week, and Progressive Grocer's editors were on site creating a visual collage of the insights and ideas that caught their interest.

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"Investing in future customers" - getting kids to eat more fresh produce - is a top priority for United Fresh's incoming chair, Cindy Jewell of California Giant Berry Farms, at United Fresh's opening general session

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Purdue takes questions at SmartFood Expo

Datassential's Jen Aranas reports that omnivores are still dominant among consumers, at the Healthy Shopper Summit

Dan Stanek, of ⁦WD Partners,⁩ discusses the “retailization” of health care, at Healthy Shopper

The new drink box? To-go coconut water from Melissa's Produce, at United Fresh

Kroger's Allison Kuhn talks about the grocer’s groundbreaking OptUp app, at Healthy Shopper

Retail panel moderated by Progressive Grocer's Kat Martin⁩ featuring (l-r) Hope Danielson, ⁦Niemann Foods⁩; Kimberly Kirchherr, IGA; and Ashley Martinez, ⁦Kroger/The Little Clinic, at Healthy Shopper

George Harter shows off CMI Orchards' new Daisy Girl Organics apple merchandiser, at United Fresh

Nielsen's Matt Lally shares insights on the health-minded consumer and the evolution of food for wellness, at Healthy Shopper

Kellogg's Melanie Hall speaks at Healthy Shopper about helping low-income families overcome perceived barriers to nutrition

Organic produce merchandising solutions from Melissa's Produce, at United Fresh

FMI's Sue Borra describes best practices in food retail health/wellness/fresh, with a focus on family meals, at Healthy Shopper

Mitch Uyeda, of EnsembleIQ, Progressive Grocer's parent company, highlights through research how retailers can build health care solutions, at Healthy Shopper

Michele Simon (left), of ⁦⁦the Plant Based Food Association, and EnsembleIQ's Angela Flatland engage in a Q&A on the topic of helping consumers understand plant-based foods, at Healthy Shopper

Stacy Vossberg and Brandon Dvorak explain how Insignia Systems' freshADS helps connect produce to other store departments, at United Fresh

Meghan Sedivy (left) and Kerry Clifford, both of Fresh Thyme Farmer's Market,⁩ present on the topic of developing a concise, tailored message when marketing nutritional trends to shoppers, at Healthy Shopper

Reception before the RD Outreach Innovation Awards ceremony and dinner, at Healthy Shopper

Three of the RD Outreach Innovation Award winners (l-r): Elaine Magee, Albertsons; Ashley Martinez, Kroger/TheLittleClinic; and Johna Mailolli, Inserra Supermarkets