Supermarket News
Manufacturers Add Flavor to Get Around Bottled Water Woes
LAS VEGAS — Manufacturers are responding to the bottled water backlash by introducing flavored water varieties that tout functional benefits which differentiate them from tap water, according to Lynn Dornblaser, director of Mintel's custom solutions' group. ...
Needs of Senior Consumers Often Overlooked
LAS VEGAS — Despite possessing more than 75% of the nation's wealth, the needs and preferences of the country's 78 million Baby Boomers, and other members of the senior market, are often overlooked, Paul Murray, creative director for the Varsity marketing consultancy told attendees at the Food Marketing Institute show here yesterday. ...
Publix Gives High Priority to Sustainability Initiative
LAS VEGAS — Though Publix has been focused on conservation since its founding in the 1930s, the company “was in the closet” on sustainability until last July, said Michael Hewett, manager of environmental services, Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla., yesterday at the FMI Show/Marketechnics here. ...
Wegmans Considering Boston Site
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans Food Markets is considering building a new store in suburban Boston that would be the chain’s first Massachusetts location, developers said. ...
Industry Sales Match Inflation; Profits Spike: FMI
LAS VEGAS — Supermarket companies grew their sales by about 4.6% in 2007, same-store sales grew 4.2%, and net income hit a record high, according to the annual Food Marketing Institute Speaks survey presented here at the FMI Show yesterday. ...
Wal-Mart Ramps Up $4 Prescription Drug Offer
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores’ pharmacies has expanded its $4 prescription drug program to include up to 350 generic medications for $10 for a 90-day supply, additional women’s health medications and a new $4 OTC offer, which now represents over 1,000 OTC items priced at $4 or less, the company announced yesterday. ...
Safeway's Burd Renews Calls for Health Care Reform
LAS VEGAS — Noting that he had recently met with two of the three remaining presidential candidates to discuss Safeway’s success in lowering health care costs for its employees, Steve Burd, chairman and chief executive officer of Safeway, yesterday reiterated his call for market-based health care reform here during his keynote address at the United Fresh Produce Association’s 2008 trade show....
Promotions, Pricing Help Boost Harris Teeter 2Q Results
MATHEWS, N.C. — Ruddick Corp., Charlotte, N.C., said targeted promotions and pricing programs helped boost sales and operating income at its Harris Teeter subsidiary here for the second quarter and first half ended March 30....
Retailers Seek Solutions for Growing Organized Thefts
LAS VEGAS—Organized retail crime has mushroomed into a $15 billion per year problem for the grocery and drugstore industries, according to presentations given here last week during the “Organized Retail Crime — Issues and Opportunities” session at the 2008 Food Marketing Institute Show. ...
Wegmans to Report on Collaborative Ordering
LAS VEGAS – Wegmans Food Markets is implementing a “collaborative ordering project” in partnership with Coca-Cola that gives the beverage giant better visibility into Wegmans’ sales data to improve direct-store-delivery operations, according to a presentation at the Food Marketing Institute Show here yesterday. ...
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