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Whole Foods Expands Responsible Packaging
Sep 08, 2010, Supermarket News, By SN STAFF
Whole Foods Market said it has implemented new responsible packaging guidelines for all of its more than 2,100 body care and supplement suppliers companywide and, to spearhead the change, has switched to post-consumer recycled (PCR) content bottles for several of its store-brand supplements and body care products.

Breaking Bread | Kings Super Markets has been partnering with independent bakeries, spotlighting their brands and building sales for both
Sep 06, 2010, Supermarket News, By ROSEANNE HARPER
Once upon a time, supermarket in-store bakeries and surrounding retail bakeries were rivals, even enemies. Not any more. Kings Super Markets, Parsippany, N.J., epitomizes recent trends in the industry. Adding a new wrinkle to the local foods trend, some supermarket in-store bakeries have made independent retail bakeries their business partners. David's Cookies and Zabar's sourdough bread, in full-branded

Recall Boosts Local Egg Sales
Aug 30, 2010, Supermarket News
NEW YORK The recall of more than half a billion commercially produced eggs originating from the Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms in Iowa appears to have caused a spike in sales of locally produced eggs, according to dozens of news reports from regional newspapers and television stations throughout the country. We first promised [Whole Foods Market] 20 dozen a week. Now we're up to 80 dozen a

How Retailers Are Turning Shoppers Into Tourists
Aug 30, 2010, Supermarket News, By DAVID ORGEL Editor-in-Chief david.orgel@penton.com
It has the makings of a perfect birthday party event. Outfit kids with detective gear and ask them to search for clues in a big case. Feed them and send them home with goodie bags. Except in this case it's not a birthday party at all, but rather a new store tour from Weis Markets called Weis Mystery Tour. Third- and fourth-graders discover healthy foods in a program created by the retailer's dietitians.

More Real Estate Opportunities Open Up
Aug 30, 2010, Supermarket News, By ELLIOT ZWIEBACH
For supermarkets looking for additional locations, it's a renter's market out there. There's a lot of opportunities coming to the marketplace, one active player told SN. Despite the challenges of opening in recycled locations, as described in the July 26 issue of SN, several operators have found the abundance of available real estate is too affordable to pass up. And with a rash of recent supermarket

The Week in Stocks
Aug 23, 2010, Supermarket News
FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE WEDNESDAY, AUG. 18, 2010 MARKET SUMMARY gainers 9 decliners 15 unchanged 0 MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME Wal-Mart 51,563,645 Target 29,293,418 Safeway 22,943,579 AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES OUTSTANDING A&P 7.18% Safeway 6.01% Whole Foods 5.19% Village +5.99% North West Co. +5.54% Loblaw Cos. +3.82% Delhaize (ADR) -7.48% Winn-Dixie -5.25% A&P -4.58%

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