SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, Calif. (FNS) -- Unseasonably cool temperatures in this prime growing region will delay melon crops and could disrupt supplies, according to growers.Of most significance to retailers is the strong...
REEDLEY, Calif. -- Putting stone fruit in the cooler chills profits, according to a retail study conducted by the California Tree Fruit Agreement here.CTFA research found that consumers look for ripe stone fruit when...
What we have here is a failure to communicate, say major food manufacturers looking for the right paths into the supermarket food-service business.Like food-service distributors and supermarket operators both big and...
In seeking out the perfect distribution system for supermarket food service, retailers are discovering that there probably isn't one.The only constant, said retailers interviewed by SN, is that there is no sure-fire...
CHICAGO -- While opponents to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's initial proposed rules for organics labeling were pleased with its decision to drop food that's been irradiated, genetically engineered or grown in...
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (FNS) -- Jewel Food Stores' crusty bread program is heading the chain's fresh-food focus in its newly built prototype store in the Chicago suburb of Naperville.While the store places strong emphasis...
CHICAGO -- The natural-food competition in the Chicagoland marketplace is hot, and fresh meals are fanning the flames.Boulder, Colo.-based Wild Oats Community Markets fired up the heat by planting one unit in the...
MELROSE PARK, Ill. -- For Jewel Food Stores here, successful fresh meals marketing is increasingly becoming a balancing act, and it is tweaking that balance in its latest prototype meals format.For the 158-store chain...
Produce retailers catering to the Mexican-American consumer told SN that for maximum effectiveness this year, they brought their Cinco de Mayo promotions to the street.Fresh fruits and vegetables play an integral role...
Retail produce merchandisers had a rough Easter, and the rest of spring is likely to keep them bobbing and weaving as their reflexes are tested in this El Nino-ravaged, highly volatile market.With typical heavily...