As demand for gluten-free products continues to defy market projections and the lingering concern that it’s all one big financial bubble, food companies have scrambled to stay on top of the trend. Supermarkets, which have evolved into wellness...
Walk into any large supermarket, mass merchandiser or home store these days and at some point — guaranteed — you’ll be hit with a huge display of coffee pods and the brewers that utilize them. Retailers and consumers alike love the appliances...
Life in the supermarket world seems to revolve around marketing themes, and it’s something that is no different for a registered dietitian (RD)! In this business we think about the selling seasons, knowing that the holiday season is the most p...
Consumers have always liked farm-raised seafood for its price, but lately they’ve been asking questions about its environmental impact. Eco standards have emerged as a way of reassuring them, and retailers, many of whom are reworking their sea...
Food retailers continued to home in on health and wellness in 2011 by making nutrition rating systems available to all.
Shoppers filling a prescription in-store may have also noticed food merchandised in pharmacy as supermarkets paired foo...
The return of food price inflation was a key challenge in 2011, but progress was made on several important initiatives
