For the week ending Aug. 24, Nielsen's total U.S. retail sales data showed that overall citrus fruit dollar sales declined 3.3% in the past year but still represented $4.5 billion in total sales.
Encino, California-based retailer Gelson’s offer a full lineup of root-to-stem vegetables in its fresh produce department, with kale, collard greens, chard, beets, carrots and other commodities leading the way, says Paul Kneeland, the company’s executive director of fresh operations.