A weekly podcast hosted by SN editors featuring interviews with industry leaders and experts, covering the latest in food retail trends and providing practical insights for retail executives.
Sign up for the Supermarket News Daily newsletter.
ATLANTA -- The Kroger Co.'s division here is introducing a summer "Kroger Kids Culinary Camp" at its School of Cooking..m., according to a brochure produced by Kroger and distributed in stores here. The classes are scheduled for the week of June...
WASHINGTON -- A consumer awareness program that included a sweepstakes and a shopping challenge became an effective way for Wakefern Food Corp., Elizabeth, N.J. and Larry's Markets, Seattle, to maintain a high environmental profile, according to...
NEW YORK -- A legal dispute between Red Apple Cos. here and Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City, over lease options on stores in Florida is scheduled to go to trial this summer in Dade County, Fla. The dispute -- a lawsuit by Fleming and a countersuit by...
Hallmark Rings in "Hunchback"ark Cards here is launching a line of products inspired by the movie "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," an animated feature that will make its theatrical debut on June 21. The line will be available in June, distributed by...
ATLANTA -- Ahold USA here will equip all its divisions with a suite of new software applications as the latest step in standardizing technologies for all its chains.Each division will receive software to automate financial reporting at the store...
News & Solutions Category Management ReportSuccessful category management in ethnic foods requires grocers to be on target, industry insiders say: on target with their assortments, on target with their merchandising and on target with their...
ATLANTA -- Inconsistent raw supply and a lack of automated technology are two major stumbling blocks for processors on the road to bringing precut fruit into supermarkets.At a packed-house session of the International Fresh-cut Produce Association...
In one of the more elaborate uses of account-specific promotional phone cards to date, Tropicana Pure Premium juice teamed with Meijer Inc.'s supercenters in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana for its "Blast Into Breakfast" tie-in with the video release...
SALT LAKE CITY -- As the trend toward home health care grows, stores like Health -n- Home, a new category killer supercenter by American Stores here, could play a significant role in the supermarket industry.At present, only one Health -n- Home...
Shrinkage concerns are leading retailers to take extra precaution in choosing phone card merchandising programs.Many are offering the credit-card-size product, which some food chains reportedly have sold in denominations up to $50, from behind the...