The CPG industry showed some signs of recovery in 2010 after a relatively weak performance in 2009, according to the latest Times & Trends report from...More
Wal-Mart's Urban Excursion As Wal-Mart Stores makes an urban push, data reveal that it already has a No. 1 market share in six metropolitan markets with...More
PHOENIX Fred Morganthall, president of Harris Teeter, is slated to become chairman of Food Marketing Institute for the two-year period beginning in May....More
Prices Boost Holiday Sales Supermarket price increases of about 1.5% in the fourth quarter of 2010 helped drive sales gains of 2.3% for the holiday period,...More
PLEASANTON, Calif. Safeway here may be poised to shift its natural and specialty food business to United Natural Foods Inc., Providence, R.I. According...More
GROCERS ARE THROWING a much-needed lifeline to celiac sufferers who for years have felt isolated by their disease. But there is room for improvement,...More
PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Kings Super Markets' President and CEO Judy Spires, at right, recently put on a show for shoppers at Kings' flagship store in Short...More
NEW YORK United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 here said it sent letters to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker...More
It sounds very Zen taking the tube out of the toilet paper. And yet, that's just what Kimberly-Clark has done with the newest offering under its Scott...More
HOLLEY NAMED CFO AT WAL-MART BENTONVILLE, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores here last week said Tom Schoewe, chief financial officer, would leave that position effective...More
Price Chopper Supermarkets was named the 2010 winner of the SN Whole Health Enterprise Award, for excellence in wellness merchandising and sustainability....More
NASH FINCH CO. said it is considering expanding wholesale distribution service to the Oklahoma City market following the acquisition of a former Fleming...More
NASH FINCH CO. was founded in 1885 as a small candy and tobacco store in Devils Lake, N.D., by Fred Nash, who was soon joined by two bothers, Edgar and...More
WHILE THE CONSUMER ULTIMATELY REAPS the benefits of produce packaging innovations, the companies behind the latest advancements have not gone unnoticed....More
IT TAKES ONLY $70 to own a share of the First Alternative Natural Foods Co-op, Corvallis, Ore., which now has about 7,200 owners. None of them is allowed...More
FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 MARKET SUMMARY gainers 19 decliners 5 unchanged 0 A&P +18.63%...More
Friday LUNCH GENERAL SESSION Friday, Oct. 15, 1 - 2:30 p.m. A.G. Lafley, former chairman and chief executive officer of Procter and Gamble, discusses...More
WASHINGTON — In response to complaints from two former employees of Wright County Egg Farm, U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has sent a letter to the...More
COLORADO SPRINGS Manufacturers and retailers gathered at the foot of the Rocky Mountains late last month for the 2010 Grocery Manufacturers Association...More
FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 2010 MARKET SUMMARY gainers 11 decliners 13 unchanged 0 A&P +5.57%...More
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spartan Stores sure knows how to put on a show. The retailer and grocery distributor here recently hosted its Fresh Experience 2010...More
Supermarkets, where most shoppers get their charcoal, saw an uptick in charcoal sales in 2009, for both branded and private-label offerings, as grilling...More
Cookies experienced a slight increase in sales thanks to Americans' tendency to snack. Contributing to an increase in dollar sales during the past year...More
Refrigerated salad dressings continued to buck recessionary trends during the past year, as many shoppers remained willing to spend a little extra money...More
This highly seasonal category was relatively flat in the supermarket channel, with sales increasing less than 1% for the period covered. Activity was...More
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