WHAT: A Fresh Outlook on the State of the Industry WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 13, 7:30-9:20 a.m. WHERE: George Bush Grand Ballroom Retailers, growers, packers and distributors are eagerly anticipating the Produce Marketing Association's 2007 Fresh...
Halloween is the sweetest season of the year for candy marketers. But it's getting scarier for conventional food retailers as they battle drug stores and supercenters for a bigger bag of treats. Although supermarkets do most of the business for...
Artisan cheese certainly qualifies as Slow Food, but sales of it are anything but slow. Indeed, artisan cheese defined as cheese handmade in small batches with respect for the tradition of the cheese is the fastest-growing segment of the booming...
Wal-Mart Stores yesterday said it was unveiling its first new advertising tag line in 19 years: “Save Money. Live Better,” replacing “Always Low Prices. Always.”
Readers who opt not to prepare meals whose recipes are featured in Wegmans Menu Magazine can now pick them up, already made, in the retailer’s prepared foods department.
IGA said last week it is converting its Grocergram magazine to a quarterly publication after 81 years as a monthly. The change, effective after the September issue, was made in an effort to provide more timely support for IGA's marketing events...
Starbucks coffee cafes will be introduced at select A&P stores beginning in November as the result of a licensing agreement between the retailer and Starbucks. Under the agreement, Starbucks stores will be established in select A&P Fresh and Food...
BJ's Wholesale Club is continuing to narrow the pricing gap between itself and its two major membership-club rivals, Herbert J. Zarkin, chairman and chief executive officer, said here last week. We're not looking to start a price war, but we want...
Late last month in Crystal River, Fla., workers pried off and hauled away the final from a Kash n' Karry store, spelling the end of a brand name that had been in Florida for some 45 years. In its place went the purple, teal and green of the...
