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said. " It will go back into our learning
algorithm and say, 'I know when this
happened before,' and I can go back
and make a change in real time, to
adjust for anything from temperature,
humidity, lighting. "
In that way, Bowery's proprietary
computer systems enable relatively
inexperienced growers to make crop
decisions. They can hire staff from the
city centers.
" We don't need farmers that have
been doing this for years and years, "
she said. " We can teach new people
how to use our operating system to
operate the farm. "
Making it to market
Selling locally online seems to work
well for Bowery Farming as well as
the websites. In addition to Amazon,
Bowery has sold its goods on Jet.com
and peapod.com.
The company's forward-thinking
technology, dedication to local sales
and freshness/long shelf life were all
traits that seemed to matter to the
online retailers, Cugini said. Having
well-organized, " tight " stock keeping
units or SKUs was also important
as was having an established cold
chain was vital. Online marketing
- proper content and search engine
optimization - are also important.
Spinach among Amazon's
best-selling delivered groceries
Online sales giant Amazon in December released U.S.-only seasonal and year-end highlights of
data from its shoppers in what it said was a record-breaking year and holiday season.
Spinach was among the best selling items for grocery delivery, according to the press release.
Other healthy bestsellers included avocados, blueberries and pears.
Amazon said it delivered tens of millions of grocery items from Amazon Fresh and its bricks-andmortar
retailer, Whole Foods Market, this holiday season. The number of Prime members who tried
grocery delivery for the first time this holiday season increased by more than 80%. Prime members
ordered more than double the number of grocery items this holiday season compared to last year.
In addition to delivery sales, millions of Prime members enjoyed exclusive Prime savings at
Whole Foods Market this holiday season, and saved " tens of millions of dollars " on exclusive
savings, according to the release.
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" The other thing that's helped
us gain momentum has been the
number of reviews that our products
are getting, " Cugini said. " People are
saying how fresh it is, how good it
tastes, " I've never tasted butterhead
(lettuce) this way, my kids like it. " The
Bowery Farms sells produce under
the brand name, which Cugini says
customers identify with food safety
and its flavors.
Being local helps ensure the
freshness of the produce - it has very
little distance to travel from farm to
warehouse to the customer.
" The consumer still gets their
produce within a couple days of
harvest, " she said. " We do a lot of
work online where we can control the
zip codes because at the end of the
day we don't want to ship our stuff all
over the country because we want to
maintain that fresh, local proposition
that we believe in so strongly for our
consumer. " VGN
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