CHARTING CATEGORY SALES TRENDS 2004-08-09 (1)

The latest category sales statistics from Information Resources Inc. speak volumes about products and trends driving the supermarket industry. In this issue, SN provides comprehensive data on nearly 300 supermarket categories, including in-depth, individual profiles on 50 of these. Stories and charts showing performance of all categories begin on Page 16. Details on individual categories are shown in Nonfood Strategies (Page 35), Fresh Market (45) and Center Store (61).