Four major beef industry groups have agreed to work together on a long-range plan to redirect and fine-tune beef marketing, production and merchandising programs.The move is an effort to regain sales lost to other...
NORWALK, Conn. -- Free turkey at Thanksgiving is nothing new. But free hams at Easter?A ShopRite store here that is part of the Wakefern Food Corp., Elizabeth, N.J., offered customers a free ham this season for a...
BOSTON -- Leaner products, more convenience, top quality -- all at lower prices -- are what New England consumers were looking for in meat and deli departments this past year.That tall order was described by retailers...
HOUSTON -- The Kroger division here has added a new line of branded fresh chicken to its poultry product mix.The 21-item Butterball Fresh Chicken line, a product of the ConAgra Poultry Co., El Dorado, Ark., was made...
MONTEREY, Calif. -- Seven months after Ralphs Grocery Co. launched a private-label beef program last April, its same-store beef sales had grown an average 3.7%.That is according to Charles Bergh, group vice president...
MONTVALE, N.J. -- Executives of the Food Emporium division of A&P here are telling consumers that they are personally committed to ensuring the quality of the company's seafood.In a recent newspaper advertisement the...
As Easter Sunday approached last week, retailers were completing preparations for what is traditionally the biggest ham holiday of the year.As late as last Monday and Tuesday, some retailers were still deciding...
WASHINGTON -- After an aborted start last fall, followed by various delays, retailers and suppliers are once again being told by the federal government that they must gear up to have instructional labels on meat...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Final regulations for safe-handling labels for meat products sold in grocery stores will likely be issued by the end of next month. That is according to Jill Hollingsworth, assistant to the...
WASHINGTON -- In its first review of a turkey inspection system implemented in 1985, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found that conditions at plants operating under the program were generally good, but that...