The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this summer that organic has gone mainstream. The statement, part of a larger report, slipped by without much comment, but for the food industry, the implications of a government agency saying this are...
OK, so the bulk of your shoppers don't even use your website or Twitter page. Your conclusion is that investing a lot of effort in electronic media isn't worth it now because it won't provide a significant payoff in sales or cost-savings...
Supermarkets raising their home-grown veggies in hydroponic greenhouses is science that smacks of science fiction...
One of the biggest dangers for any business is to assume their customers feel appreciated. It's easy to make this mistake. Supermarkets know that in recent years they've lowered prices, unveiled EDLP programs, enhanced loyalty initiatives...
In less than three weeks, retailers and produce industry executives will gather in Anaheim, Calif., for the Produce Marketing Association's annual Fresh Summit convention, one of the industry's largest annual gatherings. Inevitably, more than a...
This week's SN contains our 14th annual Financial Analysts' Roundtable, which carries a familiar format but reads differently than the ones that came before. This year a group of eight analysts faced the challenge of debating when and how the...
How many organizations don't want to know more about what their audiences are thinking? You wouldn't find many retailers or suppliers in that group...
Kids aren't the only ones dusing off their thinking caps this back-to-school season. Food retailers are likewise getting into the spirit by devising crafty plans for capitalizing on this lucrative time of year...
Is there a type of price promotion that hasn't been tried in the past few months...