Supermarket operators seem to be weathering the economic downturn pretty well, according to interviews with food retailing and wholesaling executives in a story in the July 6 issue of SN...

Let’s give credit where it’s due...

When my tenure at Supermarket News began in the early-to-mid-1990s, retailers were anxiously devising plans to compete with the growing threat from Wal-Mart Supercenters...

As a Baby Boomer, I have fond feelings about my generation. But as one of the younger members of that group, I like to think I can detect growing gaps between Boomers and later generations...

I got a call recently from Brian Scanlon, vice president of loss prevention at Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, N.Y., who wanted to know if I was covering the organized retail crime (ORC) issue. “This is a huge issue,” he said. “And the industry...

As I walked through the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association's Seminar and Expo last week in Atlanta, I could see there was a lot to take in — a daunting array of new products, packaging and merchandising ideas...

Nearly 46 million Americans are currently without any kind of health insurance, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Those who have coverage are shelling out even more of their earnings. A report by Families USA found that families are paying an...

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Prepared foods is a category that's confounded supermarkets...

Observers of retail technology are always searching for the next innovations that will transform how companies do business...