Why Amazon's Whole Foods Deal is Terrifying Food Makers

For years, Amazon (AMZN, -0.79%) has been the specter looming over retail, as once-dominant department stores and specialty chains fell on harder and harder times. But up until now, the e-commerce titan has managed to irrevocably alter the industry without making much of a dent in retail’s biggest moneymaker of all—the $800 billion grocery business.

Fresh Produce Industry Lobbies Congress on Priority Issues

Priority issues of immigration reform, free and fair trade, school lunches and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program were highlighted by industry leaders during the Sept. 13 United Fresh Produce Association's March on Capitol Hill. 

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