Some 22% of sales at United Natural Foods Inc. come from mainstream supermarkets. It's a number that Steven Spinner, president and chief executive officer, wants to increase as the country's leading distributor of...
Sustainability promises to figure prominently in the tenure of David Lewis, who is taking over as Unilever's president of personal care, with responsibility for skin, deodorants, oral and hair.
The multination...
In a year that saw the return and rapid acceleration of cost inflation for various food ingredients and energy, Kendall Powell, chairman and chief executive officer of General Mills, happily reported to investors ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. Taking his cue from the Rock Star Food theme of this year's Dairy-Deli-Bake Conference, International Dairy Deli Bakery Association President Mark Rudy listed five key elements of effective visual...
ANAHEIM, Calif. Consumers rank supermarkets among the least innovative retail food outlets, but it only takes a look at competing formats to change that perception, according to new research previewed at the annual...
ANAHEIM, Calif. If anything is apparent in 2011, it's that the consumer is firmly in control. The new mantra is Engage me, or lose me. The consumer paradigm shift was the common theme that echoed throughout the annual...
Nearly 500 supermarkets of all sizes came out to support the second annual Hemp History Week on May 2-8. In those stores, consumers learned that industrial hemp is a prime source of omega essential fatty acids. They...
In the year since it was officially introduced in the United States, Lovaza is on target to top $1 billion in sales this year. The success of this prescription-only omega-3 fish oil capsule from GlaxoSmithKline opens...
There has always been a connection between romance and food. Oysters, chocolates, strawberries affairs of the heart always seem to go through the stomach. Yet, as one-stop food purveyors, supermarkets lag in the sale...
