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ORLANDO, Fla. — Retailers need to think about global food trends in terms of the whole store, not just a “dusty ethnic aisle,” said Laurie Demeritt of The Hartman Group, in a presentation at the Food Marketing Institute’s Future Connect conference here on Tuesday....More

YONKERS, N.Y. — A Consumer Reports study tested 257 samples of raw ground turkey for enterococcus, E. coli, staphylococcus aureus, salmonella and campylobacter and found at least one type of bacteria in 90% of ground turkey samples....More

BETHPAGE, N.Y. — King Kullen Grocery Co. has named Joseph Brown senior vice president, chief merchandising officer, with responsibility for advertising and marketing, pharmacy operations and all Center Store merchandising and purchasing....More

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently found “a lack of recent progress in reducing foodborne infections” in 2012, while the Center for the Science in the Public Interest found that outbreaks dropped by 40% from 2001 to 2010....More

ATLANTA — An outbreak of salmonella Saintpaul affecting 73 people in 18 states has been tied to imported cucumbers from two Mexican suppliers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....More

KEASBEY, N.J. — This month Wakefern Food Corp.’s 60-plus ShopRite retail dietitians rolled out programming for Kids Cook Monday, a public health initiative begun by the non-profit Monday Campaigns....More

Safeway documents the smoking status of pharmacy patients and trains nearly 100 pharmacists, techs and clerks on how to help people kick the habit....More

Supermarket retailers agree that scratch baking requires careful, time-consuming training — and they also say it’s well worth it....More

WASHINGTON — After the Washington Post published an article Thursday linking the use of antibmicrobials in chicken processing plants to plant workers’ and inspectors respiratory problems, the National Chicken Council released a statement assuring that these chemicals are safe and tested regularly by the Department of Agriculture....More