SEATTLE (FNS) -- Larry's Markets has entered into an agreement with a local nursery and greenhouse operator in a joint effort to operate lawn and garden shops at select Larry's units.The retailer has installed the...
The eye appeal, homestyle aromas and rich displays of the supermarket bakery are just not enough anymore to spur consumer loyalty. While some operators have fallen into a cookie-cutter trap and are boring customers...
Supermarket operators are putting the destination status of the meat department to work as they leverage private-label items to build store loyalty. Most retailers are creating these signature brands within the meat...
In the ocean of private label, seafood runs deep.Retailers are actively seeking out new waters in which to implement store-brand programs, including one of the most complicated in regard to food safety, shelf life and...
SEATTLE (FNS) -- Whole Food Markets has introduced a self-service seafood merchandiser offering up frozen items to customers here.The 16-bin, walk-around coffin case holds 14 stockkeeping units, and is signed with ...
Rising fuel prices are starting to take a bite out of the budgets of transportation managers in the supermarket industry.With gasoline prices, at a 16-year high, approaching $2 a gallon in some parts of the country...
SEATTLE (FNS) -- Consolidation in the supermarket industry has become the overarching catalyst for recent changes in the fresh-foods departments, according to a number of industry observers and retail veterans...
SEATTLE -- (FNS) Retailers are using organic selections as bait to lure customers away from other operators, and some here are bringing in outside help to introduce locals to their organic offerings.Town & Country's...
NEW ORLEANS (FNS) -- A restaurant attitude has enabled Foodies Kitchen here to bring a healthy portion of success to the table as the operation approaches its second anniversary.The restaurant strategy is easy to...
A&P, Montvale, N.J., outsourced trucking and warehouse operations.Associated Food Stores, Salt Lake City, outsourced its maintenance facility.Kroger Co., Cincinnati, and Safeway, Pleasanton, Calif., outsourced...