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State Championship: Grocers Join Bid for Healthy Iowa

Supermarkets are helping improve quality of life in Iowa by joining the Healthiest State Initiative.

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Feb. 21, 2012

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Price Becomes Even Bigger Factor for Meat Shoppers

ORLANDO, Fla. — Price has always played a major role in the consumer's final decision when shopping supermarket meat departments, and that role appears to be growing, according to the seventh annual Power of Meat study, presented here today at the 2012 Annual Meat Conference, a joint production of the American Meat Institute and the Food Marketing Institute....More
Feb. 21, 2012

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2013 Budget Supports Food Safety, Hunger Relief

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s 2013 budget calls for continued support for several programs that focus on hunger prevention, food safety, and obesity prevention in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services....More
Feb. 21, 2012

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Amid Uncertainty, Shoppers Express Optimism

As the economy slowly and fleetingly moves out of recession, some shoppers are rapidly returning to their pre-recession shopping habits, others are keeping their wallets and purses tightly shut, and others still are spending more in some categories, but not in others....More
Feb. 10, 2012

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Digital Apps Mobilize Smartphone Shoppers 2

Strategies that shift labor from store associates to shoppers have elicited mixed reviews from retailers and the consumers they’re designed to empower....More
Jan. 31, 2012

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Safeway Eyes More Shopper Optimism

ORLANDO, Fla. — Safeway is recognizing “a little bit of a re-emergence of optimism among shoppers” as some come back to pre-recession behavior, Michael Minasi, the retailer’s president of marketing, said during a panel discussion at the FMI Midwinter Executive Conference here....More
Jan. 30, 2012

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Study Shows Shopper Behavior

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A research project quantifying shopper behavior in supermarkets using video cameras to track customer movements has begun to illustrate how shoppers act with regard to certain categories in the stores....More
Jan. 30, 2012

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Lessons Learned in Social Media

Retailers are testing social media in an effort to win public support, and sometimes to effect change, as a Walgreens-paid Twitter campaign — #ILoveWalgreens vs. Express Scripts — illustrated....More
Jan. 26, 2012

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Coupon Distribution Down, Savings Up

LIVONIA, Mich. — CPG marketers distributed 305 billion coupons in 2011, an 8.1% decrease from 2010, according to a new report from NCH Marketing Services, a Valassis company....More
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January 16, 2012: Consumers Resolve to Eat Healthier

Consumers have resolved to eat healthier in 2012, mostly by cutting down on sugar, calories and processed foods, according to survey of the Supermarket Guru Consumer Panel. Of the 1,102 respondents — 88% of whom were women — 83% said they have resolved to eat healthier in the new year, vs. 76% who said they had made such a resolution in previous years....More
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January 9, 2012: Fathers Cite Family, Health as Cooking Motivators

As family roles have evolved over the years, fathers appear to be enjoying a more prominent role in the kitchen, according to a survey from Chicago-based marketing agency Upshot....More

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