MARIETTA, Ga. -- An A&P Food Market here has discovered the formula for increasing sales in the fresh-cut fruit section: Give it more space and move it up front.Sales of fresh-cut fruit have more than doubled to 12%...
As the dog days of summer wind down, supermarket food service executives are making plans for their fall line-ups.Retailers contacted by SN said that, since summer is usually a slow period for supermarket food service...
DAVIS, Calif. -- It's been three months since the Flavr Savr tomato hit the market, stirring up a media frenzy and fueling the debate over the future of genetically engineered foods.Now that media attention has...
ATLANTA -- LOCATION used to be considered a crucial factor in building a successful supermarket.Today, if Harry's Farmers Market here is any indication, uniqueness and excitement have become perhaps more important...
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Partnerships between buyers and sellers can make good business sense in theory, but they can yield poor results in practice.That's because both sides, while eager to share increased profits, are not...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Marsh Supermarkets here has stepped up its efforts to sell locally grown produce and has attracted new customers to its produce departments in turn.Promoting locally grown produce, said Jim Richter...
Retailers across the country are gearing up for the second annual 5-a-Day Week, which is expected to garner more promotional activity than last year's produce promotion campaign.The campaign, which is scheduled for...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Existing California and federal pesticide regulatory programs "adequately protect infants and children from pesticide residue risks," according to the results of a year-long study released here...
NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- More than 705 of U.S. households have a barbecue grill, according to the Barbecue Industry Association here. And grills are getting stoked up more than ever before: last year grill owners used...
Record low beef prices and a boom in home barbecuing are adding up to more sales in the meat department during the slow summer months this year.Retailers promoting beef, as well as chicken and seafood for the grill...