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Soups satisfy
Posted 23 days ago

Industry observers say consumers and retailers are embracing the value proposition of fresh soup offerings. They further suggest that the primary reasons for growth in this category is that fresh soup represents value for the money, while offering a convenient…

Soups satisfy
Store brands stay st…
Posted 23 days ago

It was clear by the crowds at the Private Label Manufacturing Association’s (PLMA) 2011 trade show in Chicago that private label manufacturers are having no trouble keeping up with retailers’ needs. In fact, they are capitalizing on this trend with…

Store brands stay strong
An eye toward buildi…
Posted 23 days ago

In some categories, growth is subject to the whim of ever-changing consumer preferences. The eye care category is not one of those categories.

An eye toward building sales
LEEDing the way to s…
Posted 23 days ago

Many supermarkets are making an effort to use sustainable materials, and an increasing number are getting their projects certified by the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.

LEEDing the way to sustainability
Hop to it!
Posted 24 days ago

The Easter Bunny who is foretelling an early spring this year. And by doing so he is throwing a monkey wrench into retailers’ efforts to top April same-store sales by drastically shortening the 2012 Easter selling season.

Hop to it!
INDUSTRY NEWS
Fruits and Vegetables Star in USDA’s New School Meal Standards
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 by

The United Fresh Pro­duce Asso­ci­a­tion applauds the release of new nutri­tion stan­dards for school meals. First Lady Michelle Obama and Sec­re­tary of Agri­cul­ture Tom … Con­tinue read­ing

RILA Unveils Retail Sustainability Report
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 by

The Retail Indus­try Lead­ers Asso­ci­a­tion (RILA) has released the first ever industry-wide Retail Sus­tain­abil­ity Report. The 2012 report high­lights sus­tain­abil­ity lead­er­ship in the retail … Con­tinue read­ing

A&P’s Launches Storewide Health and Wellness Platform
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 by

A&P announced the launch of a new “Live Bet­ter” health and well­ness plat­form across all of its A&P, Path­mark, Super­fresh, The Food Empo­rium and … Con­tinue read­ing

Professional Cooking Competition coming to the 35th Annual Vidalia Onion Festival
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 by

Chefs across Geor­gia will soon reveal new lay­ers of their own tal­ent as well as the ver­sa­til­ity of the Vidalia Onion. Kick­ing off the … Con­tinue read­ing

Inaugural Idaho Potato Bowl Scores Big With More Than 4.3 Billion Media Impressions
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 by

Although the Ohio Uni­ver­sity Bob­cats defeated the Utah State Uni­ver­sity Aggies by a sin­gle point at the inau­gural Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the Idaho … Con­tinue read­ing

Pork Be inspired
NPB is Holding a Love Me Tenderloin Sweepstakes

In honor of receiv­ing the Amer­i­can Heart Association’s (AHA) Heart-Check Mark cer­ti­fi­ca­tion for pork ten­der­loin, the National Pork Board is host­ing a Love Me … Con­tinue read­ing

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Smithfield Launches On-package Bacon Loyalty Program

Con­sumers who pur­chase specially-marked pack­ages of Smith­field Bacon now through April 1, 2012 are eli­gi­ble to win one of many prizes, includ­ing a $10,000 … Con­tinue read­ing

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Retalix in the Clouds

Retailix, a global provider of inno­v­a­tive soft­ware and ser­vices to high-volume, high com­plex­ity retail­ers, announced today that Retalix 10,  its next gen­er­a­tion store suite, … Con­tinue read­ing

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Annie’s Expands into Frozen Category with a Certified-Organic Rising Pizza Crust

Annie’s announces its expan­sion into the frozen aisle with the intro­duc­tion of new family-sized, certified-organic frozen pizza. Avail­able in four fla­vors includ­ing Uncured Pep­per­oni, … Con­tinue read­ing

Omrom
DSS Trapped Key Loading Dock Safety System by Omron STI

Omron Sci­en­tific Tech­nolo­gies intro­duces the DSS Trapped Key Load­ing Dock Safety Sys­tem, a sim­ple and effec­tive three-step load­ing dock safety sys­tem, say com­pany offi­cials. … Con­tinue read­ing


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A Millennial Perspective… on blogging
Posted on Jan 24, 2012 by

Last week I received an e-newsletter from the Wis­con­sin Milk Mar­ket­ing Board announc­ing the launch of its 3rd annual “30 Days, 30 Ways with … Con­tinue read­ing

2012. Year of the Customer?
Posted on Jan 17, 2012 by

Happy New Year! As I reflect back on this past hol­i­day shop­ping expe­ri­ence, I am sad­dened to say it left me real­iz­ing once again … Con­tinue read­ing

Healthy Promotions
Posted on Jan 10, 2012 by

This morn­ing on my way to work I came across an NPR story about the con­tro­versy over an anti-obesity adver­tis­ing cam­paign in Geor­gia. The … Con­tinue read­ing

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