A little more creativity and a jump start on the season helped boost bakery sales over last year's for many retailers this Halloween.Retailers polled by SN all said they had strong sales. Some attributed the results...
With a $30,000 annual budget, the Delmarva Shore to Store Produce Program is hoping to see grower sales of local produce break $1 million this season.The Delmarva program is a joint effort by the agriculture...
Westlake Village, Calif. -- Fruit and vegetable suppliers are partnering with supermarkets and schools to reach an important target market: kids.Dole Food Co., based here, has helped develop the original "5 a Day"...
Retailers are bent on teaching kids that produce is cool.Merchandisers are turning their produce departments into classrooms and their products into teacher's aids, in hopes of raising a generation of consumers for...
SALINAS, Calif. -- In partnership with Hillshire Farm, Fresh Express Farms is introducing a line of packaged salads complete with refrigerated ham and chicken, which both companies are calling an industry first.Unlike...
Selling fruits and vegetables homegrown by the farmer down the road is turning into a regular cottage industry for retailers.Locally grown produce, properly promoted, benefits consumers, retailers and growers...
Strawberry sales are rebounding now that federal health officials have refocused cyclospora investigations on imported raspberries.National media reports originally linked outbreaks of the cyclospora parasite to...
WASHINGTON -- The wealthiest of shoppers seem to be the ones most aware of the 5 a Day for Better Health program, according to a recently released study.The study, conducted under the auspices of the Food Marketing...
HOUSTON -- PromoFlor is like a freight train in the station -- and supermarket florists need to get involved in the national floral promotion on the local level if they expect it to move, according to the chairman of...
Retailers last week generally applauded the announcement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will overhaul meat and poultry inspection processes. They said that while the industry has already taken major strides...
