Wegmans is offering special samples of gluten-free products and distributing brochures from the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness in its Nature’s Marketplace section this week.
Gluten-free products are a growing segment of supermarket sales, speakers said yesterday at the 13th annual Food Industry Leadership Conference sponsored by Portland State University.
Despite arguments that organic, local, industrially processed and conventional foods differ in terms of food safety, retailers, growers and industry groups all agree that the issue is one of mutual concern. All growers can and should be producing...
The Food and Drug Administration announced it will hold a hearing late next month to consider a petition asking government regulators to review sodium content in processed foods.
NEW YORK — San Francisco is the U.S. City with the highest percentage of organic consumers among its population (35%), followed by Seattle (32%), Portland (27%), Washington (26%), Denver (26%) and San Diego (24%), according to a new...
Americans remain highly interested in learning more about functional foods. More than 80% of consumers polled as part of the 2007 International Food Information Council's Consumer Attitudes Toward Functional Foods/Foods for Health Survey report...
The National Cooperative Grocers Association has partnered with Hanover Co-op Food Stores, PCC Natural Markets and Unified Grocers on a pilot program exploring the implementation of the organic industry's first systemwide, retailer-based organic...
It's the calm after the storm. The hair care category has seen top-to-bottom changes in products, packaging and marketing in recent years. Retailers and wholesalers told SN that little new has been announced so far this year, and nothing...
In many areas of the supermarket business, category management has developed into a well-practiced discipline. In others, notably among general merchandise categories, it is lagging. Eric Togneri, principal, CPG CatNet, San Antonio, spoke on the...
