NEW YORK -- Partnerships between retailers and suppliers can provide supermarkets with a virtual second staff to boost sales and competitive flexibility in the fast-changing fresh segment, say two food industry...
SEATTLE -- Although large food manufacturers seem to be fiddling while retailers burn over lost meal solution revenue, small companies keep pitching in with new products.The latest entrant is Fusion Cuisine, a Seattle...
WASHINGTON -- Fast-food restaurant sales will pass the $100 billion mark for the first time in 1997, and the retail-host category, which includes supermarket restaurant operations, will grow by nearly 5%, or $647...
BOISE, Idaho -- Albertson's here has completed its introduction of a new line of specialty in-store baked breads.The seven-item bread line was first introduced in Florida stores in June 1996, and the rollout to all...
WASHINGTON -- While many food-service and supermarket consultants have insisted that home-meal preparation is in drastic decline, a recent study by the National Restaurant Association here indicates that dining habits...
If you've been taught by supermarket soothsayers that soon no one will be cooking at home, maybe you should go back to school.Cooking school, that is.Study after study indicates that consumers want help from retailers...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- At the new Costco store here, fresh meals have gone upscale -- and upstairs.In fact, all food items in the new 143,000-square-foot store are sold on the second floor, above the tires, jewelry and...
ATLANTA -- Retailers on the lookout for a fresh meal model should turn to England, according to three consultants who spoke at the Meal Solutions Market, a conference held here on Nov. 21 and 22 by The Marketing...
HORSHAM, Pa. -- A home-meal replacement bird of another feather is ready to take flight up and down the East Coast.Bassett's Original Turkey, a 12-unit Philadelphia-based quick serve format restaurant specializing in...
WEST LINN, Ore. -- West Linn Thriftway here knocked floral out of the top spot to make room for bakery as the first department in line as customers walk in.At a recently renovated store here, the former floral area at...