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Carol Angrisani

Carol Angrisani is an associate editor at Supermarket News. Along with covering the packaged goods beat, she also manages SN’s annual private-label and ethnic marketing supplements. Carol started working at Supermarket News in 1995 as a health and beauty care and pharmacy reporter. She...

in SN Social May. 9, 2013

A Suspicious Mind: 5 Ways to Deter Theft

Nine in 10 retailers say they have been victims of ORC in the past 12 months, and more retailers say the activity is on the rise, according to National Retail Federation’s 2012 ORC survey....More

Bill Bishop

Bill Bishop is Chief Architect of Brick Meets Click and Chairman of consulting firm Willard Bishop in Barrington. He has 30 years of experience in retail research and consulting, leading major studies in pricing strategies, category management, loyalty marketing and more. Earning a Ph.D. in...

in Industry Voices Oct. 3, 2012

How Do You Grow Sales When the Market Is Shrinking?

The fact that jumped out at me from Part 1 of the Supermarket News 2012 Analysts Roundtable was that the retail grocery “pie is shrinking” and it has been for a while....More

Bruce Cohen

Bruce Cohen is a consumer strategist in Kurt Salmon’s Private Equity Practice. He has more than 20 years of consulting experience, including deep experience in food and beverage, consumer products and specialty retail. 

in Industry Voices May. 13, 2013

How to Spot the Difference Between Fads and Trends

Trends rise slowly, whereas fads spike—and die out— quickly....More

Contributor

Refresh occasionally invites individual experts from the industry to contribute their thoughts on a specific topic. Their blog posts will always include complete identification and a biography.
in Refresh Dec. 12, 2012

Fair Trade Addresses Key Challenges in Cocoa

There's no other way to say it: Cocoa farmers are poor. Really poor....More

Don Cuppett

Don Cuppett Jr. is digital content editor and copy chief for Supermarket News, a Penton Media publication.

May. 6, 2013

Most Viewed Stories: A&P, Publix, Kroger

Most viewed content on SupermarketNews.com for the week of April 28....More

Bill Daley

Bill Daley recently retired from Duane Reade, following a 46-year career in the retail industry. He spent 28 years at Pathmark, where as SVP of store support he was responsible for POS, front-end operations and computer-assisted ordering. He also installed CAO systems at Stop & Shop and...

in Industry Voices Sep. 26, 2012

The Birth of Scanning

A former Pathmark store-operations representative, who helped install the first IBM scanner at a New Jersey Pathmark store, recalls the pioneering efforts that established bar-code scanning as a worldwide standard....More
in Refresh Apr. 18, 2012

Future Bright for Urban Rooftop Farms

As part of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to revitalize Brooklyn’s industrial waterfront, BrightFarms recently announced plans to build the world’s largest rooftop garden on a former U.S. Navy building in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood....More

Julie Gallagher

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...

in Viewpoints Jun. 10, 2013

Companies Contemplate How to Tackle GMOs

One-third of retailers have considered committing to full GMO transparency, as Whole Foods has done....More

Michael Garry

Michael Garry has been the Technology Editor for Supermarket News since 2002. His beat encompasses in-store, headquarters and warehouse technology; supply chain logistics; sustainability; and food safety. Previously, he served as managing editor and editor-in-chief for RetailTech magazine. In...

in Viewpoints May. 28, 2013

Two New Danbury Stores Tell Industry Tale

For some, food is becoming “cool” like fashion or technology, but for others it’s mainly a life necessity....More

Mark Hamstra

Mark Hamstra is the editor of the Retail/Financial section of Supermarket News covering mergers and acquisitions, quarterly earnings reports, executive changes and other significant events and trends in food retailing. Mark joined SN in 2001 as the editor of the Nonfoods section, and he became...

in Viewpoints May. 20, 2013

The Real Disruptor for Traditional Grocery

One of the most talked-about factoids presented at Food Marketing Institute’s Future Connect conference a few weeks ago was a projection that bricks-and-mortar grocery operators would lose 11% of their sales to online purveyors in 10 years’ time....More

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