BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Aided by price reductions on key Center Store goods, the Laurenti Family Markets ShopRite here raised almost $14,000 for two charities on a single day, by donating 5% of the day's sales to The...
The supermarket industry has embraced natural and organic foods, experimented with how to merchandise them and has done a pretty good job of making it work, say some retailers, who note that as recently as three or...
NEW YORK -- Food Distributors International, Arlington, Va., and the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade here have agreed on an initiative to develop strong inter-organizational ties under which FDI will...
Desired by diet-conscious career women and aging baby boomers alike, and anyone trying to reduce cholesterol intake, low-fat frozen entrees provide the same profit structure and similar promotional schedules as...
MANCHESTER, Vt. -- The Frozen Food Association of New England, which met here Sept. 14 to 16 for its annual convention, has resolved to become stronger despite consolidation, perhaps opening up to dairy as well as...
NEW YORK -- The air attack here and in the nation's capital on Sept. 11 sparked Center Store sales, mostly water.Bottled water was the only commodity people were stocking up on, according to Rick Savner, spokesman for...
FORTH WORTH, Texas -- After at least ten people were hospitalized with botulism or suspected botulism, a salvage warehouse serving primarily low-income customers was closed by the Texas Department of Health, Austin...
PHOENIX -- Food broker Co-Sales Co. here worked with all the major grocery chains in the Phoenix area to bring grocery products, for the first time, into the coupon books that Boy Scouts here sell every fall.Scout-O...
NORTHFIELD, Ill. -- Nabisco's new Chocolate Creme Oreo cookies are disappearing from store shelves and, in some cases, were not being replenished quickly.Newspaper ads that ran on Aug. 12 -- placed by the brand's...
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration here sent a letter in June to a Massachusetts cereal manufacturer warning that two of its products were misbranded. However, the cereals -- containing "novel" ingredients...