For supermarket operators, the checkout remains the technological linchpin of the store, the very heartbeat of retail activity. As such, retailers are loath to tamper with it too much. But that may be about to change...
Allow yourself to exhale after looking at the latest annual sales rankings for the biggest food distributors. The results should ease pressure, if only momentarily...
I have never been a fan of the month of January. I'll admit I do not enjoy skiing, short days, gray skies, cold weather or wearing parkas with fuzzy hood coverings. January is the month when many shoppers struggle to pay off their holiday bills...
Retailers are finding new ways to broaden their health and wellness efforts. On the one hand, they continue to roll out new products that carry dual messages of health and affordability, such as the recent expansion of Fresh & Easy Neighborhood...
Although President Obama signed the Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act into law last week, both opponents and supporters should remain dug in for a long, tough fight...
A new year brings foresight. Predict the next hot “cupcake” trend for 2011. I asked SN editors and some industry observers to do just that. In no particular order, here’s what I found...
Skeptics may say the world of business takes innovative concepts and turns them into consultant reports, studies, white papers and other tools that produce cookie-cutter initiatives...
