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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration yesterday finalized a rule that will let smaller handheld foods -- until now prohibited from using the word "lean" on their labels -- begin adding the term.
Most independent retailers expressed high hopes for their business despite having to negotiate a rough-and-tumble competitive playing field, according to a survey of National Grocers Association members. In assessing the mood of the independent...
PEMBROKE, N.H. William Carter has joined Associated Grocers of New England here as bakery/deli purchasing manager. Carter reports to Richard Wheeler, vice president of wholesale merchandising and procurement. Previously, Carter worked for the Rich...
CHANDLER, Ariz. Bashas' customers expect to find a monthly menu of Chef's Entrees on the retailer's website. If the chain's a day late posting the menu, the company hears about it. The interest in the menus is just one indication of the program's...
With the Super Bowl on the horizon, retail deli departments are getting ready to score big sales. The big game can be especially lucrative for supermarkets located near a team that's chalking up win after win the Baltimore Ravens, for example...
LUBBOCK, Texas United Supermarkets has taken its upscale, fresh format to a new level with the opening of its sixth Market Street banner store. Its best-performing fresh concepts have been moved up front and positioned adjacent to one another to...
LUBBOCK, Texas United Supermarkets here said last week it would close its two newest Super Mercado stores in Wichita Falls, Texas, as part of a reorganization of the company. We are very much committed to the international/Hispanic format, United...
ARLINGTON, Va. Food Marketing Institute isn't going to gamble on whether attendees might be lured away from the sessions at the association's first all-education version of its annual show. As it gears up to launch an alternating-year conference...
FAIRFAX, Va. -- A new Whole Foods Market store scheduled to open here next month will include five separate seating areas for each of five in-store prepared-foods sections: Asian, barbecue, Italian, seafood and specialty sandwiches, according to a...
Competition is fierce for the food dollar, and nowhere is that more true than in the fresh food departments of supermarkets. It wasn't so long ago that retailers simply competed with other supermarkets. Now with so many formats selling fresh food...