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Super Bowl XLVII may be history, but chicken wings and craft beer remain on a winning streak that will carry them right through the rest of 2013....More

R-22, the predominant supermarket refrigerant that is targeted for elimination by the government by 2020, still accounts for 39.7% of the refrigerants (by weight) used by eight food retailers across 2,445 stores, according to an SN survey....More

Prepaid gift cards — especially “closed loop” cards that can only be used at specific retailers — remain a popular and sought-after holiday present, according to research from First Data....More

Impulse purchases help drive sales of candy and other snacks during the winter holidays, according to the SnackTrack Holidays Christmas Profile, released last week by NPD Group....More

Projections for holiday spending are all over the map this year, with some projecting gains over year-ago results because of the slowly improving economy, while other predict consumers might be more cautious this year because of looming uncertainty over the so-called “fiscal cliff” and the potential for tax increases....More

Shoppers largely choose the same candies to hand out to trick-or-treaters on Halloween that they buy for themselves throughout the year, according to an analysis of shopping data provided to SN by RetailNext....More

Retailers have seen double-digit gains in the sales of Fair Trade products in recent years, according to data from Fair Trade USA and SPINS....More

Organic milk is gaining share as a percentage of total milk volume across a number of retail channels, including supermarkets, according to a report from MilkPEP based on research from Prime Consulting Group....More

Organic is growing at 8% and natural food retailers are talking about opening 1,000 stores. Here’s a look at where the two intersect....More

While beer volume was up across all retail channels through July 8, supermarkets still lag other channels of trade, according to a report from Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group....More

Consumers are more likely to look for positive nutritional benefits such high fiber content or whole grains than they are to seek out products with “reduced” negative attributes, such as sugar or carbs....More

Manufacturers have decreased their trade-promotion spending with retailers as both a percentage of their sales and as a percentage of their overall marketing budgets....More