Sustainability has emerged as a top consumer business priority, one that will require companies to balance growing consumer demand for sustainable products with demands for convenience and reasonable prices. Achieving...
Localization, the ability to customize product offerings to a local market, is a decade-old concept that is beginning to take form on a national scale. It was the topic of a closed-door session of the CEO/Presidents...
Two thriving regional chains Weis Markets and K-VA-T Food Stores say they built competitive advantages on their localized positions. In a presentation delivered at the Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Products...
The food distribution industry is wrestling a chameleon when it comes to environmental sustainability. The animal's green color can quickly change to yellow, orange or red, depending upon what interest group applies...
With the exception of Wal-Mart Stores, there has been little collaboration between consumer product companies and retailers when it comes to sustainability projects, according to a study released during the Grocery...
A new era of retailer-manufacturer cooperation may be emerging as food distribution aligns with sectors on fronts where it is mutually beneficial to join forces. That was the view of Cal Dooley, president and chief...
Kroger Co. and other top-tier corporate citizens are demanding accountability and want to know the social impact of their charitable endeavors. The trend is toward having verifiable measures in charitable campaigns...
The pace of global food retailing for the Top 25 players picked up in 2006, with companies continuing to rationalize market strengths. Wal-Mart Stores, the leader of the pack, pulled out of Germany and South Korea...
Faced with rising costs for employee health care, supermarkets need to be careful how they handle the increases so they don't alienate workers by passing on costs or cutting benefits. Fred Martels, president of People...
Some disadvantaged and unemployed people living in Philadelphia's inner city will have an opportunity to become a cashier at one of 14 ShopRite supermarkets through Wakefern Food Corp.'s Partners in Training program...