Supermarket News

Chris Ytuarte

Articles by Chris Ytuarte

PULP FRICTION

Orange juice seems to be everywhere these days, both in-store and in the marketplace, buoyed by federally approved health claims and new manufacturing

DON'T SQUEEZE THE DAIRY, REPS SAY

WILTON, Conn. -- The exploding retail dairy business isn't getting the space it needs in the store, and these restrictions are impeding growth throughout

FRESH START

The in-store presentation of fresh foods took impressive steps forward in 2000, helped along by improved packaging, better fixtures, more service and

GENUARDI'S BEGINS MONITORING SEAFOOD IN SAFETY INITIATIVE

NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- Genuardi's Family Markets here inaugurated a new food-safety initiative with the implementation of a Hazard Analysis Critical Control

RICE UPDATES CAVIAR, FLORAL SELECTIONS IN HOUSTON

HOUSTON -- A recent one-two punch of food and floral upgrades at Rice Epicurean Market here has boosted the company's high-end retail edibles department

HEPATITIS ANXIETY

Hepatitis A has the potential to become the next E. coli 0157:H7, salmonella or listeria monocytogenes -- causing illness in customers, bad press and

FRESH SUMMIT 2000

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Retailers who want to expand their businesses through consumer-direct, on-line perishable sales need to know exactly whom their shoppers

RETAILERS HAVE PICK OF NEW WEB SITE CROP

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- With the launch of www.eatmorebananas.com by the International Banana Association here, the population of consumer-direct produce Web

STAR QUALITY

LOS ANGELES -- In sunny Southern California, where freshness is the star on any retailer's marquee, Bristol Farms is delivering an Oscar-winning performance,

RETAILER, CUSTOMERS "HAIL" CAESAR SALAD

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Even Brutus would have feared this Caesar.Raley's supermarket here, along with Fresh Express, Salinas, Calif., recently tried for

MAKIN' WAVES

Like a struggling prize fighter searching for the knockout punch that will bring success and notoriety, many retail seafood departments are finding that

MARSH UNVEILS FRESH IMAGE WITH CREATIVE AD CAMPAIGN

INDIANAPOLIS -- The world of high fashion doesn't usually show much interest in pear-shaped models -- unless, of course, they are part of the innovative

RETAILERS, GROUPS ARE TILLING THE FIELD FOR 5 A DAY WEEK

WILMINGTON, Del. -- As the Produce for Better Health Foundation here prepares for its eighth annual National 5 a Day week to promote consumption of fruits

AUCHAN DIGS UP NEW RECORD EFFORT: POTATOES

HOUSTON -- Auchan Hypermarket here, the sole outpost in the United States of the France-based retailer, continues to battle against its more plentiful

FSIS SEES BETTER TESTS LEADING TO RECALL JUMP

WASHINGTON -- Consumers buying thousands of tons of meat this summer season for barbecues and cookouts were inundated with food-safety news, as the U.S.