Laura Klepacki

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Join the Club: Store-Based Wellness Programs
Nov 24, 2008
CONSUMERS LIVING WITH CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS are going back to school. This time, however, the hallways are supermarket aisles, and the backpacks are replaced with shopping carts. As a retailer, we want to provide...
Packaging Wine: Thinking Outside the Box
Apr 28, 2008
Consumer interest in the environment and health is behind the decision by two wine makers to break with long-held traditions in packaging. Bonny Doon Vineyard of Santa Cruz, Calif., has introduced a wine ingredients...
A Toast to Beer
Apr 28, 2008
Charlie Bamforth will be the first to tell anyone listening that beer deserves credit as a healthful beverage. Bamforth is one of the lucky few specializing in beer research as chairman of the department of food...
HERE'S TO HEALTH
Apr 28, 2008
PROPOSING A TOAST has taken on a whole new meaning as beer and wine manufacturers cultivate health and wellness, and add green messages to their marketing efforts. We have definitely been getting more questions lately...
MED SPREAD
Dec 01, 2007
There's more to Supermarket Retailing Today than nutritional counseling, blood pressure checks and flu shots. Retailers are making an appointment to add in-store medical clinics that further build on the supermarket's...
GROWING UP
Sep 01, 2007
Nap Time is Over for Baby Food. A number of imaginative products, many of them organic, are starting to reawaken category sales. I think what is happening now is pretty amazing, said Dave Bennett, co-owner of Mollie...
BAKIN' LOVE
Mar 01, 2007
SUPERMARKET BAKERY OPERATORS are acting more and more like nutritionists and dietitians. Once a category of pure indulgence where only taste and appearance mattered, the bakery has begun to respond to health concerns...
Stirring Consciousness
Dec 18, 2006
Good to the last drop. The longtime coffee slogan refers to flavor, but goodness in coffee today is taking on far more meaning than simply brewing an aromatic cup. Coffee is emerging as a touchstone for social...
HOLIDAY HELPERS: OFFERING DIET ALTERNATIVES
Dec 01, 2006
THE NOVEMBER ISSUE of goodness!, the new healthy living magazine from San Antonio-based H.E. Butt Grocery Co., is entirely devoted to the topics of holiday dining and entertaining. Giant Foods, Carlisle, Pa., lists...
NICER NIBBLES
Dec 01, 2006
AT FIRST GLANCE, IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE THE SAME OLD AISLE. But something snackworthy is going on: Mixed in with the regular chips and pretzels are packages labeled with Sensible Snacking or Smart Spot logos. They're...
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