NEW YORK -- As federally mandated organic standards take effect later this month, conventional retailers would be wise to target parents in the grocery aisle, according to Katherine DiMatteo, executive director of the...
As grocers report recent stagnant sales in the cookie and cracker categories, industry observers point to the weak economy and unimpressive manufacturer support as reasons for the lackadaisical sales.Most do agree...
The beverage industry has become a hydra-headed beast, with new segments and subcategories cropping up overnight. Manufacturers flood the market in an attempt to suffocate rival products, and the battle for shelf...
Heinz's green ketchup made headlines across the country when it first hit shelves in the fall of 2000. Blue french fries and color-morphing Cheetos would not be too far behind. However, grocers are not yet sold on the...
CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif. -- 99 Cents Only Stores, the deep-discount retailer based here, has introduced a separate Gourmet Fancy Food section at its new store in Sacramento, Calif.The 26,000-square-foot unit is the...
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. here has plans to extend an advertising campaign geared toward the upscale consumer in the Florence, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., markets.The campaign, currently running here...
DANBURY, Conn. -- Stew Leonard's, the three-store independent retailer here, has plans to open a freestanding wine shop on Long Island, in the suburbs of New York City, in September, company officials told SN.All...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) here has come out against the proposed Youth Smoking Prevention and Public Health Protection Act, introduced to Congress in June.The legislation...
Consumer packaged goods manufacturers, who have defined the tone and texture of supermarket shelves during the past half century, have also spent these years trying to make life easier for the consumer.Indeed, the can...
In 1952, the family doctor was smoking Kools. In 2002, the local grocer dispenses wisdom on anything from whole grains to hypertension. A lot has happened in the interim, spawning a veritable whole health revolution...