While many manufacturers are getting into the functional foods business, retailers polled by SN differed on whether consumer demand for foods that have been fortified or otherwise made healthier is holding up.One area...
SEATTLE -- The QFC chain, based in Bellevue, Wash., has eliminated or drastically cut back on local vendors' products, reportedly telling one that the chain wants to deal only with national brands that pay slotting...
Retailers are looking to holiday promotions to spur on the biggest time of the year for wine and spirits, if not for beer, which sells best during the summer."The holidays provide a major opportunity. Obviously...
DALLAS -- 7-Eleven here has introduced a new kids' beverage set into a little more than half of its stores nationwide. This month marks the first time that customers can see a row of novelty beverages targeted to...
NEW YORK -- A "Fine Food From Israel" campaign, developed with the guidance of Zohar Peri, Israel's economic minister to North America, will appear in 15 to 20 supermarket chains and kosher independents in the United...
The growing offerings in the frozen dinners and entrees segment, the largest within the frozen food category, continue to reflect the latest trends, which include growth in natural and organic arenas and changes in...
RIVERSIDE, Conn. -- Quorn Foods here, under fire from the Center for Science in the Public Interest for reported illness by consumers, is nevertheless seeing increased demand for its relatively new mycoprotein-based...
LOS ANGELES -- Unified Western Grocers tripled sales of Unilever's Good Humor-Breyers ice cream to its member retailers this summer through a unique promotion that did not shy away from promoting a premium product to...
Retailers intent on micromarketing can avail themselves of specific data from a number of sources, such as Information Resources Inc., Chicago, and ACNielsen, Schaumburg, Ill. Both market research firms use...
Retailers are positioning ethnic candy as a destination for selective candy shoppers by separating it out, keeping the ethnic group to itself, as this segment -- especially Hispanic and Asian varieties -- grows along...