NEW YORK -- The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade here is encouraging supermarkets to join the trade association under a new category called General Member.Of the 25,770 attendees at the Fancy Food...
While some retailers are thinking of launching e-commerce sites, others rely on old fashioned methods like home delivery, but with a twist.The Pennington Market, a single-unit, family owned upscale retailer in...
NEW YORK -- A larger Balducci's unit, to open here around Jan. 1, 2000, will have more room for Center Store and frozen products, according to Alan Butzbach, vice president of operations for Balducci's, the specialty...
NEW YORK -- As Asian American supermarkets proliferate and find favor among a sizeable number of consumers, they will require more specialized support from packaged goods companies in the form of in-language and in...
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- The Han Ah Reum Asian Mart under construction here will be the largest of this independent's 11 units when it opens in mid-October, and it will focus on attracting mainstream American shoppers.The...
The frozen-snack category is growing rapidly, as time pressure on people increases and eating on the run becomes a way of life. Over the past five years, frozen-snack sales have probably doubled, says one category...
When SN visited a Waldbaum's unit in College Point, N.Y., this month, it found peanut butters and jellies in a 13-foot section, including 5 feet devoted to peanut butters.The section had several fruit butters, such as...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Jubilee Foods here recently launched a sales-promotion program that calls attention to locally produced grocery products.The program, called Our Local Partners, started last month in Western New York...
Specialty products are adding new life to the jams and jellies category, although old favorites, like strawberry jam and grape jelly, are still popular.Even with the changing nature of breakfast and big sales...
NEW YORK -- The supermarket cooking school is the ultimate demo, according to Cathy Cochran-Lewis, manager of the food education demonstration program and cooking school at Central Market, Austin, Texas."It doesn't...