America has lots of problems, but a lack of stores isn't one of them. No presidential candidates are campaigning on the platform of accelerating the expansion of food retailers. Neither is that a goal for most grocers, which have cut back on new...
Predicting the future is a highly risky activity. That becomes clear when you look back at our primarily upbeat financial analyst roundtable from a year ago, entitled “Looking Up.” Here are some quotes from analysts in that forum. “I think this...
Check out this statistic — from an American Greetings Research Council study on consumer purchasing habits — that appeared in a 1997 SN story I wrote on tactics that supermarkets were implementing to win nonfood market share: “Of the $148 billion...
Despite its name, Safeway does not always choose the safe way. In fact, this retailer is a leader in thinking out of the box...
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., went on the defensive during last week's Senate committee hearing organized to address the food-vs...
This annual issue of SN provides a comprehensive update on supermarket categories, but this year the economy and inflation...
