Attitudes about meat are starting to shift as the economy improves and convenience and nutrition gain importance in consumers’ decision-making process, panelists said during a presentation of the latest Power of ...
By 2018, $65 billion in grocery spending will shift from Boomers to Millennials, according to Barbara Ford, SVP of AMG Strategic Advisors, the research and consulting arm of Acosta Sales & Marketing.
In two se...
In a session called “Regulatory and Food Safety Update,” representatives from AMI and FMI highlighted several key laws and regulations that will have an effect on the meat industry in the coming years. These include...
The Meat Conference kicked off in Atlanta with panels on figuring out what consumers want from meat and poultry. At “Creating Consumer Demand for Meat,” Datassential managing director Jack Li outlined the different s...
On a recent Sunday afternoon, I stopped in the Whole Foods Market in New York’s Union Square. As is typical for that time and location, the store was mobbed, and it may have taken longer to check out than to find the...
Fresh & Easy’s transition to new ownership has not been going smoothly, based on comments to its Facebook page. In the past few weeks, the retailer has been inundated with complaints over new pricing...
Just over a third of the Top 75 — 28 companies — engage in some form of e-grocery.
Twenty retailers offer “click and collect” while 23 provide grocery delivery; 15 have both services. Of those that deliver, four onl...
When it comes to social media, some members of the Top 75 perform much better than others.
The number one retailer on the list, Walmart, is also the number one retailer on Facebook, with 34.5 million fans or “likes”...