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Supermarket partnerships with well-respected, locally owned artisan bakeries can help elevate the quality of the grocers’ bakery offerings and boost their connections with the community.
For many chains, partnering with local bakeries allows i...
The Fiesta Foods store in Hermiston, Ore., stocks Hispanic baked goods supplied by Unified Grocers. Photo courtesy of Unified Grocers.Authentic, ethnic bakery items are a core traffic driver for many supermarkets seeking to appeal to specific dem...
Stew's sells 200 bakery items, including a new favorite, quinoa bread. Photo courtesy of Stew Leonard's. Norwalk, Conn.-based Stew Leonard’s listens to its customers, and reacts — fast.
The four-unit chain’s bakeries, with a dedicated team and...
Retailers large and small have used Facebook to call out limited time bakery items celebrating spring holidays
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Stew Leonard’s sampled Irish soda bread in its bakery.
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Hy-Vee has been using social media to highlight new offerings in the bakery, including bigger muffins and crispy cookies.
The retailer says its muffins are “bigger, tastier and fully loaded.”
Choco-full of goodness. Try our bigger, tastier a...
To help customers eat healthier, Wegmans Food Markets has been reducing the amount of added sugar in many of its private label products, the retailer said in a press release.
“Our Wegmans Greek yogurt already had less sugar than regular flavored...
King Kullen announced the retirement of two long-time perishables executives in a Facebook post. Sue Brooks, director of bakery and frozen foods, was a 36-year veteran, while Guy Savio, produce and floral coordinator, had been with the company fo...
Despite the efficiencies that a centralized bakery operation can produce for a supermarket chain, many food retailers say the benefits of having in-store scratch bakeries still outweigh the potential cost savings.
“We are set up to be a full lin...
Responding to customer requests, all Wegmans Food Markets stores now carry fresh gluten-free brownies, chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodles and cupcakes.
“We’re very proud of the work that has gone into these new bakery items,” Mike Gross, cat...
Big Y Foods, Springfield, Mass., participated in a Make-A-Wish America event for a Connecticut boy battling cancer.
The retailer’s Tolland, Conn., bakery department made a Spiderman-themed cake for a party for 6-year-old Camden Soucy, who is bat...