Holiday Food Prices Projected Up 7% From Last Year, 18% From Two Years Ago.

December 20, 2023 Category Partners

National supermarket data confirms slower food price inflation with consumers seeing smaller price increases when shopping for 2023 Christmas meals.  According to a data analysis and forecast prepared by Category Partners, the price of purchasing Christmas dinner at a supermarket will be approximately 7% higher than in 2022.  The forecast was derived using supermarket sales data provided by NielsenIQ collected from more than 35,000 food stores in the United States.

Category Partners, LLC Welcomes New SVP of Business Development to Drive Growth and Expansion

November 29, 2023 Category Partners

Category Partners, LLC, a leading provider of data and insights solutions to the perishable industries, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Aimee Smith as SVP Business Development. Aimee brings with her a depth of organizational skills and experience that will allow her to play a pivotal role from day one in driving the next stage of Category Partners’ growth.

Organic Produce Sales and Volume Edge Up Again in Q3—Sales Increase 2%, Volume Up 1.9%

October 27, 2023 Organic Produce Network

For the second quarter in a row, organic fresh produce grew slightly in year-over-year sales and volume in the third quarter of 2023, according to the Q3 2023 Organic Produce Performance Report issued by Organic Produce Network and Category Partners.

Organic Fresh Produce Sales and Volume Edge Up in Q2—Sales Increase 1.5%, Volume Up 1%

August 2, 2023 Organic Produce Network

Organic fresh produce grew slightly in sales dollars and volume in the second quarter of 2023, reversing a trend of volume loss seen in 2021 and 2022, according to the Q2 2023 Organic Produce Performance Report issued by Organic Produce Network (OPN) and Category Partners.

OPN Exclusive: Inflation Continues to Take Bite out of Organic Fresh Produce Sales in Q1 2023

April 26, 2023 Organic Produce Network

Ongoing inflation continued to impact organic fresh produce sales in the first quarter of 2023 as overall dollar sales grew by slightly less than 1 percent, and volume declined by 3.4 percent from the same per year-over-year period, according to the Q1 2023 Organic Produce Performance Report released by Organic Produce Network (OPN) and Category Partners.