It’s that time of year again, when projections of rapid growth in online holiday sales spill out like toys from an overstuffed Santa sack. About a quarter of all holiday shoppers will spend more via the Internet this year than they will in...

This 35th anniversary year of Food Marketing Institute is nearing its close, so it’s a good time to revisit one of the articles I most enjoyed writing at Supermarket News: a 1997 piece at the time of FMI’s 20th anniversary. I got to interv...

I live a few blocks away from where my grandfather played stickball as a kid in Brooklyn. Despite the generation gap, my food shopping habits look more like his family’s shopping habits than my parents'. Throughout the week, I go to severa...

Katrina. Ike. Irene. Now we can add Sandy to the list of recent storms that have devastated sections of the U.S. Each one has challenged communities and tested supermarkets, as they became focal points of local efforts to rebound. ...

In 1993, TVFN (Television Food Network) was born out of a discussion between a couple of senior executives at The Providence Journal newspaper and Johnson & Wales University, also based in Providence, R.I. Next year will mark the cable network...

Sustainability’s remarkable advancement in the food industry owes a lot to champions who made very clear cases about its benefits. But we’ve learned that not everything is clear about sustainability. Recently a few surprises — actually...

Luxury department store Nieman Marcus and discounter Target have forged an interesting alliance this holiday season — one that involves selling the same gifts in both stores. Priced from $7.99 to $499.99 the collection includes 50 limited...

Every week, the celebrity– and scandal-obsessed US Weekly runs a photo feature called “Stars — They’re Just Like Us!” The candid images depict various Hollywood VIPs engaged in mundane tasks (They wait on line at Starbucks! They buy paper towe...

It’s been said journalism is the first rough draft of history, and that’s definitely the case when it comes to journalism about the supermarket industry. Lots of important food retailing predictions, trends and concepts first appeared in o...

It’s hard enough to be a leading retailer or supplier in a world that stays relatively stable. Maintaining leadership in a quickly changing environment is the ultimate test. SN has just unveiled its roster of top performers in this year’s ...