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ETraditional supermarket operators showed strong sales growth in 2006, but they will still lose share to nontraditional operators during the next five years, according to a presentation last week by The Food Institute here and Barrington, Ill...
NEW YORK Swashbuckling pirates, Spider-Man and a regular girl who moonlights as a pop star are the licenses kids want most, according to presenters at the Licensing International Expo 2007, held here late last month. The findings were part of the...
Two thriving regional chains Weis Markets and K-VA-T Food Stores say they built competitive advantages on their localized positions. In a presentation delivered at the Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Products Association Executive...
The low-carb craze is a distant memory, and bakery departments had a great year in 2006 as shoppers shed their aversion to sweet treats and continued buying up fresh artisan breads. But the cravings may be a little different this time around. Like...
Localization, the ability to customize product offerings to a local market, is a decade-old concept that is beginning to take form on a national scale. It was the topic of a closed-door session of the CEO/Presidents Forum during the recent Grocery...
Supermarkets, a highly sought-after channel in the licensing world, have the freedom to be more creative than mass merchandisers, said speakers at the Licensing International Expo 2007, held late last month. In discussing licenses for children's...
Kroger Co.'s annual shareholder meeting last week sounded more like a consumer focus group than an investor enclave. The people who took the microphone to ply Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David Dillon with questions about the company's...
PHOENIX Albertsons stores in this market have discontinued the use of loyalty cards, the company said. The 78 Albertsons stores in this region, which are operated by Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons LLC, will instead offer Bonus Buys to highlight...
Snack food manufacturers will lighten the lunch box load of schoolchildren this September with healthier and portion-controlled snacks. Many newly launched items are reformulations of existing snack lines with a fraction of the sugar, salt and...
Sales over the Internet now make up 4% of all beauty industry sales or about $1.7 billion of the more than $42 billion market, making it one of the fastest-growing channels for shopping, according to a new study from the NPD Group.