WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is set to make its second round of supermarket inspections to see if stores are still voluntarily providing nutritional information for fresh seafood and produce.The...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Gary Michael, chairman and chief executive officer of Albertson's, said in-store cafes don't fit into the company's goal of providing its customers with one-stop shopping.Hot bakeries, however...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- KFC here brought bakery into the act with an ad late last month featuring a "Mega Meal" with a whole apple pie.A crumb-topped apple pie was the centerpiece of the ad, which appeared in an insert in...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Food Marketing Institute here is taking a two-pronged approach to addressing the food safety issues associated with the potentially fatal bacteria E. coli 0157:H7 in ground beef.First, the...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Retailers are still struggling to find the right recipe for food-service programs.James Riesenburger, chairman of the annual Supermarket Food Service Conference of the Food Marketing Institute and...
CHICAGO -- A blue-ribbon task force created to find ways to manage and control E. coli 0157:H7 has recommended actions for various segments of the beef business from "farm to table." Retailers, according to a...
CHICAGO -- A beef industry task force has raised a sense of urgency about increasing reports of food-borne illness linked to the potentially fatal bacteria E. coli 0157:H7 in ground beef, and has developed a multi...
LARCHMONT, N.Y. -- D'Agostino Supermarkets here has added a Spanish accent to its product mix at three stores in Hispanic neighborhoods in New York City.In this experiment in micro-merchandising, which is new for the...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The case is closed on the Supreme Court food court concept at Ball's Super Food Stores here.The concept, which was launched in a Ball's Price Chopper unit in March 1992, was one of the first...
BALTIMORE -- For some deli and bakery executives, the new federally mandated nutrition labels are causing indigestion.That is because there is still considerable confusion about what products, exactly, must be labeled...
