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By now you’ve probably heard of the viral augmented reality gaming app that’s sweeping the globe called Pokémon Go. People are flocking to parks, landmarks and the streets in hopes of filling up their Pokédex with the beloved fictional creatures...
With millions of people downloading the Pokemon Go game since its U.S. launch earlier this month, retailers like Martin’s Super Markets, Rouses and Stew Leonard’s are trying to lure players into stores.
Rouses announced which of its stores are...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, Food Marketing Institute and the National Grocers Association applauded the House of Representatives Thursday for its expeditious passage of a GMO labeling bill that's expected to be signed into law by Presi...
Industry associations are urging the House to vote expeditiously on federal legislation that would require products containing GMO ingredients to be identified as such with words, pictures or a QR code that consumers could scan.
The request co...
Industry associations applauded the U.S. Senate for invoking cloture on a national GMO labeling measure Wednesday. The 65-32 vote allows for the Senate to vote on final passage.
“FMI commends the Senate’s action, which clears the procedural pa...
Produce on display at a Kroger store.Stores in Kroger's Central Division will see a lot more produce marketing efforts thanks to a new partnership with The Produce Mom.
In stores, produce departments will display The Produce Mom’s Produce Chal...
Bathrooms have always been close to my heart. I once oversaw a project to improve bathrooms for customers at Tesco. Many of my CMO peers from other industries thought this was a little strange. After all, no one was going to visit a store just be...
Erin SigristIn addition to GMO labels on products, Vermont's GMO labeling mandate, which takes effect Friday, July 1, has spurred product reformulations and may lead to bare shelves as private label and national brand manufacturers consider ceasi...
What grocery products make you itch to buy them? Is it the dish soap that claims to be ultra-concentrated? The flour with the lowest price? The toilet paper with “30% more per roll”?
Not likely. These products encourage transactional relations...
Supermarket News has named three retail company winners of its 2016 Retail Achievement Awards. They are:
• The Kroger Co. for Digital Marketing
• Hannaford Supermarkets for Health and Wellness Merchandising
• Roche Bros. Supermarkets for...