EDINA, Minn. - Free in-store magazines are becoming a popular way for retailers to extend their brand and promote their products. Lund Food Holdings here is using its new venture, Real Food, not only to promote its...
Food retailing today is all about creating a point of difference among multiple formats. And while that's commonly associated with signature bakery, deli and meat items, retailers are striving to carve out a niche in...
WASHINGTON -- A new report that takes food companies to task for marketing to kids isn't expected to have an immediate effect on national policy, but observers see no letup in public pressure and local efforts to...
LEONVILLE, La. -- Among the most radical ideas in supermarkets of late have come from Food Lion and Marsh Supermarkets, in the form of their new "lifestyle" stores. But as the story of one independent shows, retailers...
BOSTON -- If Massachusetts passes a bill to expand the kinds of beverages subject to its bottle deposit law, John DeJesus worries supermarkets like his will become "the town dump.""It takes man hours, it takes labor,"...
When people at Food Lion set out in 2002 to reinvent the supermarket, one principle above all guided their work: Design it with the convenience of the customer in mind.The customer who's busy. Who wants to find jars...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Associated Food Stores here sees the potential for its stores to capture another $15 million to $18 million in annual sales when they start using a new program designed to get new items to shelf...
Come Jan. 1, food companies are supposed to disclose the amount of dreaded trans fats in their products. They're also required to start listing the presence of eight common food allergens, including wheat, milk and...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Retailers are seeing more price spikes for oil -- olive oil, that is."They're going up dramatically," said Paul Orecchia, a senior director of non-perishables at Key Food Stores Co-op here...
BOSTON -- Shoppers could find it easier to find whole-grain foods on supermarket shelves now that more than 400 existing or planned products have been approved to use one of the Whole Grains Council's whole-grain...