Viewpoints
Hard Times Won't Slow Upscale-Meals Momentum
With all the talk of shoppers trading down, you'd think supermarkets would be scaling back on restaurant-quality fare. Sure, I know, supermarkets figure...
Retailers Give Private Labels More Public Profile
Like so many retailers vying for shoppers' loyalty these days, Food Lion is aggressively promoting its private-label lines. But rather than offering automatic...
Hard Discounters May Win Small-Box Sweepstakes
America has lots of problems, but a lack of stores isn't one of them. No presidential candidates are campaigning on the platform of accelerating the expansion...
Sustainability Excellence Starts With Solar Power
Looking at the environmental activities pursued by the chain, wholesaler and independent winners of SN's first annual Sustainability Excellence Awards,...
Fall Preview: Five Key Consumer Gauges to Watch
Predicting the future is a highly risky activity. That becomes clear when you look back at our primarily upbeat financial analyst roundtable from a year...
Wellness Holds Vital Link to Healthy HBC Sales
Check out this statistic from an American Greetings Research Council study on consumer purchasing habits that appeared in a 1997 SN story I wrote on tactics...
The Food vs. Fuel Debate Needs to Get Serious
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., went on the defensive during last week's Senate committee hearing organized to address the food-vs.-fuel debate over corn and...
Can Safeway Become a Lab for Other Retailers?
Despite its name, Safeway does not always choose the safe way. In fact, this retailer is a leader in thinking out of the box. It's not hard to rattle...
How This Economy Is Transforming Category Sales
This annual issue of SN provides a comprehensive update on supermarket categories, but this year the economy and inflation steal the spotlight. The economy's...
FTC's Tall Order: Unscrambling the Organic Eggs
In continuing to pursue its antitrust case against Whole Foods' acquisition of Wild Oats, the Federal Trade Commission cannot expect the two chains to...
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