ORLANDO, Fla. (FNS) -- As supermarkets answer consumer demand for more exotic items, retailers will find that frozens fit nicely into their fresh-meals programs, a food-service consultant revealed at the National...
GAYLORD, Mich. (FNS) -- The addition of a full-service Dairy Queen in a remodeled Glen's Markets store has made the independent's flagship store here a social destination for the entire countryside."The DQ has served...
Washington (FNS) -- Controversy is contaminating the planned publication of a pesticide brochure the Federal government is developing for supermarkets.Specifically, certain segments of the produce industry are...
NEW YORK (FNS) -- Some retailers are seeing more demand for kosher meats as the overall demand for kosher perishables increases. Some retailers, such as Food Markets Northwest in Seattle, have gone so far as to open a...
ORLANDO, Fla. (FNS) -- While retailers are looking to digital photo technology as the next big development, they are also wary about getting into the business too fast, according to retailers at the recent Photo...
BISMARCK, N.D. (FNS) -- Independent grocery operators in North Dakota are upset about a new milk rule that they say will boost retail milk prices and push more shoppers out of rural community stores.The rule, set in...
(FNS) -- Like consumers, retailers express a wide range of attitudes about privacy issues, especially regarding the use of data collected from members of their customer-loyalty programs.At one end of the spectrum...
CHICAGO (FNS) -- The new "Hometown Perks" loyalty-card program, launched last month by IGA here and managed by Supervalu, Minneapolis, will go live in at least 50 IGA stores by December.The first IGA independent...
In an effort to boost ready-to-eat cereal sales in the supermarket channel, manufacturers are pouring more dollars into promotions.While cereal was a $7 billion business in supermarkets for the 52-week period ended...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (FNS) -- Genuardi Family Markets based here was recently awarded the "Big O" award by the Organic Trade Association in Greenfield, Mass., for its storewide promotion of organics. Its September...