Why would Jim Olsen, the newly seated president of Food Industry Association Executives, move from the largely pro-business confines of the Utah Food Industry Association into the maelstrom of political activity...
In their efforts to become more and sustainable, food retailers may wish to take a closer look at the most fundamental part of their business: food. Parade magazine recently estimated that U.S. supermarkets throw away...
Stubborn economic and product-safety issues that hurt sell-through of nonfood seasonal imports in 2008 continue to temper retailer expectations for 2009. As buyers head to Asia this month to order holiday seasonal...
At Bi-Lo, Greenville, S.C., nonfood seasonal imports will continue to be a major contributor, said Brian K. Smith, category manager, seasonal imports and candy. Value will be more important than ever in 2009. We will...
Nonfood seasonal imports are usually a margin-dollar bounty for retailers in the fourth quarter. But the economic weakness of 2008, marked by bleak sales forecasts and already weak sales posted in the fall, has...
What effect will Wal-Mart's posting of thousands of grocery items on its website have on the supermarket industry's online efforts? How will the roiling economy alter shopping patterns for food, beverages and...
The collective activity of online grocers FreshDirect, Peapod, Simon Delivers (now owned by Coborn's) and Amazon suggest that lessons of the past were learned, and appropriate business models established for today's...
American consumers, under their greatest financial pressure in recent memory, are reevaluating their shopping trips, basket selections and store destinations. And it appears these trends could be benefiting extreme...
Fourteen prescription drugs that exceeded $20 billion in sales in 2006 may have the potential to go OTC in four years, suggests a new report by Kalorama Information, New York. Predicting that Rx-to-OTC switch markets...
To cash in on the popularity of Rx-to-OTC switches, supermarkets gain an edge when they're early to market the new self-care remedies, with visible displays, competitive prices and pharmacists trained to make the...
