Twitter Contest Spurs Wegmania
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans hopes to grow its 50,000 member Twitter following with a retweet contest and gift card giveaway.
Gallery: Retailers Experiment With Growler Pours
Supermarkets are riding the craft beer high and using off-premise licenses to serve obscure drafts at in-store growler stations. Sourced from nearby microbrewers, fresh drafts are brought from grain to growler in as little as two weeks.
Retail Displays Delight Shoppers
KEASBEY, N.J. — Retail displays that command attention, connect with shoppers, convey information and close the sale are upping the ante across perimeter departments and in Center Store.
Nearly Half of Meals Consumed Alone
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Solitary meals have become almost as common as communal with close to half of adult eating occasions (46%) occurring on one’s own, according to The Hartman Group.
Prop 37 Proponents Continue the Battle
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Last week Californians voted down a ballot initiative to require labeling of genetically modified foods, but the issue is far from dead say supporters who’ve vowed to push for mandatory disclosure in other states.
Solitary Meals Nearly as Common as Communal
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Nearly half of adult eating occasions — 46% — are a solitary affair, finds new research from The Hartman Group that attributes the behavior to increased snacking, eating at one’s desk and less emphasis on communal meals.
Industry Staggers Back From Battle With Storm
Supermarkets in the storm-ravaged Northeastern U.S. crept slowly back to life in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many fueled by generator power and operating with skeleton crews to provide what service they could to their devastated communities.
Wegmans Informs Shoppers With #WegSandy
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — After fielding countless calls and tweets in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Wegmans here has created the Twitter hashtag #WegSandy to keep shoppers up-to-date.
Smartphone Use Prevalent in Grocery
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sixty-one percent of smartphone-wielding Millennials and 58% of shoppers ages 36 to 65 use their phone to shop the grocery store, finds the Sprint Mobile Moment of Truth Survey, performed by the Barkley ad agency here.
Recall Touches More Peanut Products
PORTALES, N.M. — Now in its fourth week, the Sunland Inc. peanut product recall involves several hundred SKUs, and categories as varied as ice cream and pet food.
FDA Investigates Energy Drink Reports
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports received as far back as 2007 of five deaths and a heart attack occurring after Monster Energy drinks were consumed.
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