ELMHURST, Ill. -- Robert P. Crozer, chairman of the board at Keebler Foods here, announced that the company has reached an agreement to acquire President Baking Co.President is the leading supplier of Girl Scout...
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. -- Nature's Northwest here has opened a fresh chapter in food retailing with this month's formal launch of its new prototype.The brainchild of president Stan Amy, the new 42,000-square-foot unit here...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Tops Friendly Markets here has stepped up marketing efforts for natural products by offering customers Delicious! magazine and Mambo Sprouts coupon books in the grocery aisle.During visits to two...
Once upon a time, soy milk and veggie burgers were food for health nuts. Today, these supermarket stalwarts are food for everyone.Soy- and grain-based products in the form of nondairy drinks, burgers, breakfast links...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Tops Friendly Markets and Wegmans Food Markets -- the two dominant supermarket chains here -- give top billing to their private-label frozen vegetable lines.SN visited two Tops Friendly Markets: one...
FRESNO, Calif. -- Super Dieter's Tea here has been vindicated in San Francisco Superior Court, when a jury found that the tea has no design defect and played no role in the death of Mary Jane Porter.Laci Le Beau, the...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Organic Alliance here is teaming up with Kroger and A&P to launch a pilot program that aggressively markets organics in mainstream supermarkets.The pilots will be run in 30 stores in Kroger's...
MINNEAPOLIS -- The top 20% of supermarket customers account for almost 50% of specialty food sales, according to a new study released by Willard Bishop Consulting, Barrington, Ill., at the National Food Distributors...
While canned foods may not be the most glamorous category in Center Store, these universally consumed staples are getting some well-deserved promotional attention from both retailers and the canned industry.Canned...
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- Edwards Super Foods here has designed its new 70,000 square foot store as a series of solutions-selling centers, with the help of uniquely configured grocery aisles and arresting signage.The new...