Despite the flurry of consumer interest in farmers’ markets, these markets don’t pose a threat to produce departments. Not a big one, anyway.
As previously reported by SN, a recent survey for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation found that 71% of s...
Supermarkets are willing to take occasional risks, but they much prefer if other retailers have already charted good paths to follow. This is an industry that isn’t shy about emulating success.
That fact should help draw attention to a new...
I would suggest it is time to rethink the way we look at food retailing. We are experiencing a huge paradigm shift — everything from the way we attract shoppers, to the foods they purchase (and why) to where they purchase these foods.
Our ...