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GMDC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO P&G'S MURRAY - The Global Market Development Center, Colorado Springs, better known as GMDC, awarded its 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award to Wallace B. Murray, formerly of Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati. The...
It's up to retailers to educate their employees, and through them, their customers about wellness, said food and drug chain executives speaking during a Wellness Awareness session last week. Store design also is an important component, they said...
Federal officials inspect companies that grow and process salad greens an average of just once every 3.9 years, despite the fact that produce caused almost twice as many multi-state foodborne illness outbreaks than meat between 1990 and 2004...
While consumer expectations for fresh food safety remain high, food safety is not necessarily top of mind for them, possibly because shoppers trust their local supermarket, researchers told SN. When consumers start shifting over to eating more...
Hannaford Bros. shoppers are reaching for the stars. Items earning the symbols as part of the retailer's Guiding Stars nutrition rating system are shooting off shelves up to four times faster than their star-free counterparts, when their movement...
WHAT: PMA Impact Award Presentation WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 13, 7:30-9:20 a.m. WHERE: George Bush Grand Ballroom The produce industry has long viewed packaging as simply another added cost, but with a wealth of new innovations that impact everything...
More than 25 retailers in 46 states have agreed to participate in an expansion of the Partnership for Food Safety Education's Be Food Safe campaign officially launching this week. Mike Johanns, secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and...
WHAT: Healthy Eating is Kids' Stuff WHEN: Friday, Oct. 12, 2:45-4 p.m. WHERE: Room 371 PLAINFIELD, Ill. Jewel-Osco, a Supervalu company, hosted Hip Hop Harry, his friends, and a large group of kids at one of its stores here as part of the Good to...
Grocery decision-makers beware: The media push for tap water instead of bottled water could be a threat to your business. Even worse, it isn't based in truth. Here are some cold, wet facts: Tap water is not comparable to bottled water for human...