FMI: Menu Labeling Must Exclude Grocery Stores
WASHINGTON — Food Marketing Institute has reinforced its position on calorie-count menu labeling —that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s menu labeling regulations should not extend to grocery stores.
Fairway Debuts Kosher Catering
NEW YORK — After a test run last year from its Stamford, Conn., store, Fairway Market for the first time will offer a full kosher menu for Passover from three new kosher kitchens — in Stamford, Westbury, N.Y., and Paramus, N.J.
Gallery: Beef Backers Big on Creative Merchandising
TAMPA, Fla. — Four supermarket retailers — Tops Friendly Markets, Broulim’s Fresh Foods, Redner’s Warehouse Markets and Harris Teeter — were named 2012 Beef Backers here at the recent Cattle Industry Annual Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association trade show.
Beef Backers Talk Marketing, Customer Contact
TAMPA, Fla. — Beef Backers increased their beef sales last year in part because they pumped up efforts — in-store and through social media — to strengthen connections with their customers, they said.
SN Whole Health: Spring 2013 News
This news package includes items about how gluten free benefits the diabetic community, beauty care use-by dates, omega-3s, nutrition labels and more.
Technomic: Retail Foodservice Changes Needed
CHICAGO — When its researchers found that consumers are buying ready-to-eat meals less frequently from supermarkets than they did two years ago, Technomic advised retailers to make some changes to stand out from restaurants and get some of their business back.
Study: Shoppers Loyal to Local
CHICAGO — Consumers, getting more serious about their quest for local food, are choosing to do their food shopping where local products are available, and are willing to pay a premium price for them, research by A.T. Kearney shows. Not only that, but many of the respondents in the study favor local over organic.
Hy-Vee Store Launches ‘Wellness Wednesdays’
AUSTIN, Minn. — A Hy-Vee store here launched “Wellness Wednesdays” this week as a step toward encouraging its customers to follow the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s MyPlate guidelines, which recommend meals include an item from each food group.
Kroger, Murray’s Cheese Partnership Going Strong
CINCINNATI — While Steven Jenkins, executive vice president of New York’s Fairway Market, recently predicted that the big chains will “finally get it” this year and make important changes in their approach to artisanal cheese, Kroger Co., one of the country’s largest chains, is already there.
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