You'd think the C-word, convenience, has no place in this recession. Convenience items — and convenience stores — are typically viewed as more expensive. The C-word smacks of excess and even laziness. Why go the easy route when you can be cooking...
As reported in this week's Fresh Market section, the Produce for Better Health Foundation recently released a troubling survey of U.S. mothers. It revealed that 60% of moms believe their families are eating too few fruits and vegetables, but...
A recent flood of innovative food industry promotions has rewritten the book on how to conduct campaigns through the media. Actually, there's no longer the need for a book, which would certainly be outdated by the time it rolls off the presses...
Ahold USA is sometimes known for taking a carrot-and-stick approach in dealing with brands. It holds out the promise of growth to suppliers who meet its needs, but makes clear the penalties for those who don't...
In the spring of 2004, Food Lion unveiled a new supermarket concept that promised to make grocery shopping easier...
As the industry considers how to improve the safety of the food supply following the seemingly endless peanut-product recalls — now established as the most widespread recall in U.S. history — one area that should be examined is the third-party...
When Wal-Mart's Neighborhood Market was launched in the late 1990s, some observers predicted big problems for supermarkets from this 40,000-square-foot grocery competitor...
A time of reckoning may be at hand for the money lenders...
The food safety train is finally moving in Washington...
