After years of debate and postponement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's mandatory country-of-origin labeling requirements will be effective, beginning tomorrow, on unprocessed perishables, including produce, meat, poultry and certain kinds of...
Morton Williams was prepared for the area's ethnicity, but the degree of its customers' health-consciousness came as a surprise. Organic milk, eggs and yogurt outsell the regular versions of these products at the 12-unit independent's newest store...
Wheat, corn and soybean futures all fell to multiweek lows last week due to a confluence of factors, including expectations that, due to higher-than-anticipated yields, global production of these crops would outpace demand in the coming months...
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has kicked off the back-to-school season with a selection of healthy, balanced lunches for children called Smart Boxes. The lunches, which retail for $2.98 each, include servings of baby carrots, dried fruit...
Turning his mainstream supermarket into Oregon's largest Hispanic grocery store Grande Foods was no easy task, but Tom Evans regrets nothing, nada. In fact, his big adventure has been gratifying in many ways, he said. Most notably, he and his co...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture can prohibit meatpacking companies from testing their cattle for mad cow disease, a U.S. Court of Appeals panel has ruled.
It may have a slim profile, but low-fat dairy packs a nutritional punch that's good for the heart, kidneys and much more, recent studies show. Industry observers say the findings could help promote low- or no-fat dairy products, and undo some of...
Stew Leonard's in Norwalk, Conn., has introduced its first deli meat turkey shortly after adding Naked pork to its successful line of fresh meats that are free of hormones, antibiotics and preservatives. Naked pork was added last month to the...
THE RISE OF ANIMAL WELFARE as a purchase driver in the meat department has led to fundamental changes in the way animal proteins are marketed in the supermarket. Caught in the middle, mainstream operators have been prodded by increasingly vocal...