SAN DIEGO -- Ethnic produce is going mainstream, and retailers must be prepared to guide traditional customers right to the product, or face the consequences of a missed opportunity, said a panel of retailers and suppliers at the Alexandria, Va...

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNS) -- As supermarkets answer consumer demand for more exotic items, retailers will find that frozens fit nicely into their fresh-meals programs, a food-service consultant revealed at the National Frozen Food Association convention...

The American landscape and the ethnic landscape are fast becoming one and the same.It's a trend long borne out by Census findings, and retailers, forever fine-tuning their product assortments to appeal to the broadest range of consumers, are...

Supermarkets are embracing the U.S. trend to ethnic marketing with major efforts across multiple in-store departments. Retailers are building on their already significant commitment in the grocery aisles and are layering new categories into the...

The changes wrought by El Nino on the weather are prompting retailers to toss their annual promotional calendars and source deeply -- and what many are unearthing is a bright opportunity for non-traditional crops as a handy bridge into summer...

Hispanic and Asian Americans are the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States, and this increasing diversity in the U.S. population is changing the face of the supermarket business.Based on U.S. Bureau of the Census data, Hispanics will...

Supermarkets are awakening to the real dollar potential of ethnic health and beauty care with awareness being driven by sophisticated marketing and the development of quality product lines.For the first time, Supervalu's Atlanta division will be...

SALT LAKE CITY -- American Stores Co. here is expanding checklane merchandising of Hispanic and African-American magazines to its Lucky Stores, Jewel Food Stores and Acme Markets subsidiary units.Checkout sales increased 5% to 10% at 35 Jewel Food...

CHICAGO -- The buying power of ethnic minorities is being underutilized by most supermarkets, say industry consultants.According to Jay Rosengarten, president of Rosengarten Group, Rye, N.Y., merchandising ethnic-oriented foods "can provide a...

HOUSTON -- Produce and other perishables are the key components to a retailer's ethnic marketing strategy, a panel of industry executives said during last month's National Grocers Association convention here.The reason is that fresh foods weigh...