Earlier this month, U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Al Franken, D-Minn., introduced a bill that would extend mandatory country-of-origin labeling to all dairy products. All three senators have said that a new COOL law...
For those accustomed to CEO conference calls with financial analysts, which typically focus on near-term developments, last week's Supervalu presentation was a big departure. Craig Herkert, the company's president and CEO, outlined a...
In good times and bad, retail technology occupies an important place in any food retailer's business. But in the harsh economic climate of the past year, technology plays an even more crucial role in supermarket operations...
The long-awaited FMI Future Connect conference was held last week, which under normal circumstances would mean it's over...
These aren't the smoothest of times for retailer-supplier partnerships. Retailers are acting more forcefully to remake their merchandising strategies and in the process transforming how they work with manufacturer brands...
Fourth-quarter holidays and events used to be simpler and a lot less expensive...
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey reveals that fewer than one in 10 U.S. high-schoolers consumes the daily recommended amount of fruits and vegetables...
I've been covering the food industry for many years, but there was at least one thing I'd never done: attend a lobbying session on Capitol Hill...
