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Dairy case managers may have another cause to celebrate this holiday season. Organic milk supplies are expected to finally improve at least for a few months beginning next spring. That's because stricter U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations...
QUINCY, Mass. - Stop & Shop here has introduced milk free of the synthetic growth hormone rBST in its New England stores.Of the chain's 385 stores, 240 are carrying the rBST-free milk under Garelick Farms and H.P. Hood labels, said Robert Keane...
Refrigerated tea sales are heating up.The convenience of ready-to-drink iced tea in gallons and half gallons has been key to pushing the category forward, SN's sources said. Green tea and other flavors perceived to be healthy have given the...
HERNDON, Va. -- A handful of East Coast retailers will begin carrying a line of veal from a meat packer that has met the requirements for using "Certified Humane" labels on the meat packages.Based here, Humane Farm Animal Care has authorized New...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- It's not a unique strategy by any means, but Wal-Mart Stores' sheer size makes it worth noting: The period of deflation afflicting certain food categories is compelling the nation's top retailer to change its marketing...
Milkmen haven't gone the way of dinosaurs. At least not entirely. Though they're no longer driving horse-drawn wagons, modern-day milkmen can be found serving up premium milk and ice cream at small-format dairy stores.Many of these specialty...
RANDOLPH CENTER, Vt. -- Organic Valley, the nation's largest farmer-owned organic dairy cooperative, has established a transition fund to help small farmers in the Northeast convert their dairy herds to organic production. nically grown grains and...
CONSUMERS, LIKE FINICKY CHILDREN, often require some coaxing to try new foods. Demo stations, free coupons or similar intercepts are the primary tools retailers have traditionally used to break consumers from their routine purchase behaviors.That...
Flavored milk offers a clear, recent example of the influence packaging plays on children's product preference and selection. When dairies began to transition their single-serve milk lines from gable cartons to plastic bottles several years ago...
Don't have an organic cow, but there's a bit of a supply problem with milk.While grocers have not yet run out of product, deliveries have been cut back after demand began to seriously outstrip supply late last year."There is record demand and...