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There was a time in food retailing when category management was limited to procuring suppliers and allocating space and stockkeeping units for narrowly...

Alo, Brazil! Food Exports Grow

To consumers, it's an exotic locale. To manufacturers, it's a rich source of fresh and sustainable ingredients. For these reasons and more, Brazil has...

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There was a time in food retailing when category management was limited to procuring suppliers and allocating space and stockkeeping units for narrowly...

Kosher Sales Growth Slowing

Retailers can jump-start the kosher food segment's slowed momentum by promoting kosher ingredients and frozen foods, Menachem Lubinsky,...

H-E-B Debuts Alon Market With Expanded Offerings

H.E. Butt Grocery Co. has opened a new store that combines elements of its Central Market format with its traditional supermarkets, along...

Mintel: Organic Growth to Slow

CHICAGO — Market growth rates for organic food and drink will decline as the economy struggles, according to research firm Mintel, which said the market for organic foods and beverages should reach $7.2 billion in 2008, an increase of over 140% from the $3 billion recorded during 2003. ...

Winn-Dixie Holds Hispanic Health Initiative

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Winn-Dixie Stores here was to hold a Hispanic health initiative at a Miami area store on Saturday, the Miami Herald reported. ...

Sam’s Club to Test Hispanic Format

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club is planning to test a new warehouse store catering specifically to Hispanics and featuring products from Mexico, executives of the chain said at the company’s annual analyst meeting here yesterday....

Publix Extends Ad Campaign Targeting West Indian Consumers

LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets here has extended its Independence Day print and radio ad campaign in South Florida, in an effort to target shoppers from the Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago....

NASFT Names New Members to Council

NEW YORK — The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade here is expected to announce today that three new members have been named to its Buyers’ Circle Advisory Council. ...

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Wal-Mart delivered a strong message about ethnic retailing when it launched its first-ever Asian American ad campaign three years ago. And the message...

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