Publix Retailer Wins Sweepstakesningham, produce operations director of Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla., was the winner of Sun World International's 3rd annual Super Bowl Sweepstakes.The prize package included four tickets to the Super Bowl...
A fish fillet falls to the floor. A retail worker picks it up and returns it to the counter for sale.At an outdoor fish market, tuna is left to sit in the sun for hours without refrigeration.A consumer returns scallops to a seafood department...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- With a new executive in charge, the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association here is working to better define its place in the produce industry.That place appears to be one that focuses on the supply side of the business and...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The Food and Drug Administration has decided to exclude the retail food industry from a proposed mandatory seafood inspection program, choosing instead to cover just processors, packers and warehouse operations.While exempting...
ATLANTA -- A morning request for 40 pounds of large shrimp, cooked, peeled and cleaned by 4 p.m.? Done.A special order for an exotic flower arrangement that includes banana leaves by tomorrow? No problem.Home delivery of a food order by this...
WASHINGTON -- The Food & Drug Administration's new seafood safety mandates could have a positive impact on consumer confidence in the fish they buy, according to a spot check of retailers contacted by SN after the Jan. 21 release of the program...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- With a new drug designed to boost milk production in cows set to go to market next week, at least one supermarket chain has been alerting its customers that it is not carrying any dairy products derived from treated animals.The...
STOKE POGES, England -- The Albert Fisher Group here, an international food processor and distributor, has acquired Fresh Western Marketing, a Salinas, Calif.-based fresh produce company. The purchase price was not disclosed.cer of Albert Fisher...
Healthy, fresh and good value will be the key words in 1994, supermarket bakery executives told SN.Emphasizing whole grain, fresh baked breads and creating variety with different touches to basic products are some of the ways retailers expect to...
Supermarkets have opportunity to offer complete, healthy meals for families