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A few months ago, the home-meal replacement phenomenon was relatively unknown in the supermarket trade. No more. "HMR" is a designation that's winning no little prominence in the industry's ever-expanding constellation of three-letter...
NORTHLAKE, Ill. -- Dominick's Finer Foods here is getting "fresh" with local consumers. Based on the success of 13 conventional stores that have been converted to the Dominick's Fresh format over the past two years, the company is accelerating its...
As a practical matter, summer is considered over on Labor Day in many regions of the country, but summer's end actually came this past weekend. Regardless of which way you like to measure seasons, now isn't a bad time to take a moment to look at...
Retailers are finding that a coffee service program from a premium bean supplier is perking up sales of both the brew and other products in deli/food-service areas.The program, Millstone Coffee's Fresh Brew program, provides supermarkets with all...
Debate over the formation of a single national produce trade group has temporarily exited the public arena and is now taking place behind the scenes.While board members of both the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association and the Produce...
SALINAS, Calif. -- Brand names are a familiar sight in the grocery aisles, but they are now also competing for space in the produce department.While a few notable produce companies have built a brand image around commodity items, it is value-added...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Sam's Club here, a Wal-Mart subsidiary, will manage most of its own produce departments under a new agreement with one of its distributors, Fresh America.Under the five-year agreement, which takes effect Dec. 1, Sam's Club...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Building on advertising impetus from supermarkets, Scott Paper here is rolling out a worldwide promotional campaign, including television spots, for its repositioned household and personal-care paper products.Supermarket chains...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- New regulations on the labeling of poultry received mixed reviews from trade and consumer associations last week.The groups were reacting to a new U.S. Department of Agriculture labeling change, handed down Aug. 24, that states...
WASHINGTON -- A debate on the labeling of fresh and frozen poultry ended last week as the United States Department of Agriculture ruled that only birds chilled between 26 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit may be labeled "fresh."Previously, the Food Safety...