NEW YORK -- A former slaughterhouse in New York City has been transformed into a new fresh format store with an upscale image that devotes 90% of its space to perishables, most at discounted prices.The store, By Choice Market, opening this week...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The Food and Drug Administration has decided to exclude the retail food industry from a proposed mandatory seafood inspection program, choosing instead to cover just processors, packers and warehouse operations.While exempting...
BOSTON -- Stop & Shop Cos. will be the first chain to launch a promotion in which the sale of concert videotapes will benefit charities fighting hunger.The "In Concert Against Hunger" program will start on April 3 and run four to six weeks. The...
The role of direct store delivery in the frozen food aisle is being challenged. At many supermarket chains, the number of DSD frozen food products is shrinking, and retail frozen food executives told SN they expect that trend to continue.Direct...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- An important first step toward unifying the jumble of state and local food safety regulations supermarkets must follow has been taken by the Food and Drug Administration.That step is the unveiling earlier this month of the...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Winn-Dixie Stores said last week it would enter the market here early next year with six to eight of its new Marketplace format stores.hs and operate as part of the company's 93-store Atlanta division."We believe this market...
Dos Filename %%s5n9b.arc%%Electronic cash registers are now fitted with much of the guts of a computer, but a few enterprising supermarkets are equipping checkstands with actual personal computers.Although it's not a major trend in the supermarket...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Smith's Food & Drug Centers here said lower net income and sluggish sales in 1993 are due to continuing recessionary pressure in California and its aggressive pricing program in Utah.t of those in California.Additionally, Smith's...
DAYTON, Ohio -- For the Uniform Code Council, the question of supporting Standard Interface Language as an electronic data interchange protocol seems to be more how than why.The executive committee of UCC met here in mid-January to hash out how it...