Julie Gallagher

Center Store Editor, Supermarket News

Julie Gallagher’s delicious foray into coverage of the food industry was purely accidental. With a background in technology, she joined Supermarket News as associate editor of its Technology & Logistics section in 2004, but has since covered every supermarket food category under the sun. She reported on trends taking place around the store’s perimeter as part of her two-year tenure with SN’s Fresh Market section, before being named Center Store editor in 2007.

Posts by Julie Gallagher

in Viewpoints Feb. 10, 2012

Digital Apps Mobilize Smartphone Shoppers

Strategies that shift labor from store associates to shoppers have elicited mixed reviews from retailers and the consumers they’re designed to....More
in Viewpoints Nov. 14, 2011

Plan to Help Grow Fair Trade Could Hinder It

A new plan by Fair Trade USA aims to build on the momentum of the movement at a time when sales of products supporting the equitable trade model are....More
in Viewpoints Sep. 19, 2011

DIY May Not Fly With Alcohol at Fresh & Easy

Big Y took a page out of the Kroger Co. and Albertson LLC books last week when it shared plans to eliminate self-checkouts to help improve customer....More
in Viewpoints Jul. 11, 2011

Technologies Should Make Shopping More Efficient

Tesco's South Korean chain, Home Plus, is helping commuters solve the what's for dinner tonight quandary on their way to work. According to an MIT....More
in Viewpoints May. 30, 2011

Without Funding, Future of Food Safety Unclear

Two major parts of the Food Safety Modernization Act are set to take effect Wednesday just as a House Appropriations spending bill threatens to cut....More
in Viewpoints Apr. 4, 2011

Supermarkets Need to Prepare for Silver Tsunami

As a woman in my 30s, I consider products for their anti-aging benefits, but it was a kit designed to make me feel 50 years older that caught my....More
in Total Access Mar. 30, 2011

Generation Gap

A cross-generational panel of bloggers and consultants dicussed their shopping preferences and frustrations this morning. Generation Xer Isabel....More
in Total Access Mar. 30, 2011

New Product Pacesetters

My first full day at summit started and ended with music. Presentations kicked off with a mini flash mob of performers planted in the audience to....More
in Total Access Mar. 29, 2011

Pre-tailing, Retailing and Post-tailing

Imagine the following scenario: You set up a menu for the week at home with an application that takes into account your budgetary and nutritional....More
in Total Access Mar. 28, 2011

Food Growth to Lag Overall Economy

The growth of the U.S. food and beverage market slowed in 2010 (0.6%) compared to 2009 (1.3%), according to a SymphonyIRI Group report released at....More