These aren't the smoothest of times for retailer-supplier partnerships. Retailers are acting more forcefully to remake their merchandising strategies and in the process transforming how they work with manufacturer brands...

Fourth-quarter holidays and events used to be simpler and a lot less expensive...

A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey reveals that fewer than one in 10 U.S. high-schoolers consumes the daily recommended amount of fruits and vegetables...

I've been covering the food industry for many years, but there was at least one thing I'd never done: attend a lobbying session on Capitol Hill...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this summer that organic has gone mainstream. The statement, part of a larger report, slipped by without much comment, but for the food industry, the implications of a government agency saying this are...

OK, so the bulk of your shoppers don't even use your website or Twitter page. Your conclusion is that investing a lot of effort in electronic media isn't worth it now because it won't provide a significant payoff in sales or cost-savings...

Supermarkets raising their home-grown veggies in hydroponic greenhouses is science that smacks of science fiction...

One of the biggest dangers for any business is to assume their customers feel appreciated. It's easy to make this mistake. Supermarkets know that in recent years they've lowered prices, unveiled EDLP programs, enhanced loyalty initiatives...

In less than three weeks, retailers and produce industry executives will gather in Anaheim, Calif., for the Produce Marketing Association's annual Fresh Summit convention, one of the industry's largest annual gatherings. Inevitably, more than a...

This week's SN contains our 14th annual Financial Analysts' Roundtable, which carries a familiar format but reads differently than the ones that came before. This year a group of eight analysts faced the challenge of debating when and how the...