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by David Orgel Feb. 20, 2007

How Contrarian Thinking Still Fuels Independent Growth

If the entire food industry finds consensus on a topic, you can be sure there’s an independent retailer out there who strongly disagrees, and....More
by David Merrefield Feb. 20, 2007

Three Years Later: California Labor Pacts’ Aftermath

At the time the protracted strike-lockout finally drew to a conclusion in Southern California nearly three years ago, it was clear that organized....More
by David Merrefield Feb. 12, 2007

Gaining Advantage With Urban Supermarket Retailing

There’s a lengthy roster of supermarket operators — independents and chains alike — that have made adaptations to their dominant suburban model so....More
by Lynne Miller Feb. 12, 2007

True or False: Consumer Perceptions Mean Everything

The latest analysis of the spinach outbreak, released this month by the Rutgers Food Policy Institute, bears that out. In case you missed it,....More
by David Orgel Feb. 5, 2007

CEOs Leave Industry Meeting With Piles of Homework

There’s loads of pressure on food industry CEOs these days, so surely they must look forward to escaping work for the occasional industry conference....More
by David Merrefield Feb. 5, 2007

How Different Companies Approach the Growth Challenge

This year isn’t very old, but it already seems apparent that 2007 might be titled “the year of recovery.”....More
by Mark Hamstra Jan. 29, 2007

Online Stores May Need to Bone Up on Their Execution

Depending how you measure it, Americans either spent way more shopping online this past holiday season than they did the year before, or else they....More
by David Merrefield Jan. 29, 2007

Leveraging Women Executives’ Shopping Experiences

It has often been observed that although women constitute the majority of supermarket shoppers, the ranks of supermarket executives, and of vendors....More
by David Orgel Jan. 22, 2007

How Distributors Excel by Overcoming Size Challenges

At least that was the mantra of the late 1990s, when food distributors sought to grow at all costs, often to their detriment. Now companies have a....More
by David Merrefield Jan. 22, 2007

What Happened When One Chain Abandoned Tradition

It takes a strong stomach to apply the strategy implicit in the thought that “the intelligent loss of business” can be an intelligent course of....More
by Julie Gallagher Jan. 16, 2007

Earth-Friendly Packaging May Have Grocers Seeing Green

A recent Mintel study reports that more than one-fifth of the close to 18,000 new food products introduced in 2006 made organic or all-natural claims....More
by David Merrefield Jan. 16, 2007

Last Year’s Eventful Days Could Replicate This Year

Are events of early days 2007 destined to replicate, in some form, events of early days 2006?....More
by Michael Garry Jan. 8, 2007

Is Technology Getting in the Way of Customer Service?

In retailing, as in life generally, consumers usually applaud technology for its ability to cut much of the tedium out of many tasks....More
by David Merrefield Jan. 8, 2007

Public Acceptance: The Lever That Controls Technology

During the newly concluded holiday period, the Food and Drug Administration issued a tentative finding that the products of some cloned animals are....More
by David Orgel Jan. 1, 2007

How Safeway’s Gift Card Venture Caught Investors Off Guard

Financial analyst reports aren’t usually riveting reads, but there was a notable exception after Safeway’s recent conference call that discussed its....More
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David Orgel

David Orgel is editor-in-chief of Supermarket News (SN) and its website, SupermarketNews.com. Supermarket News publishes SN Whole Health, a magazine supplement about health and wellness, and the...

Jenna Telesca

Jenna Telesca is Fresh Market Editor and Multimedia Content Editor at Supermarket News. She covers produce, meat, seafood, deli, bakery, floral, dairy and fresh meal news. She joined SN in November...
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