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Like red wine, dark chocolate is being promoted as an indulgence with scientifically proven health benefits. Retailers are stocking their shelves with new chocolate bars, candies and even select Center Store items made with the cacao-rich...
Supervalu's new retail course is clear: a mix of better, fresher and healthier product offerings combined with better service in a cleaner store environment. From the moment you walk in a store, everything is designed with the consumer in mind...
One thing that's consistent about food retailing is that it's always changing. And in the past few years, retailers have certainly seen their share of change from the low-carb dieting craze that wreaked havoc on many categories before suddenly...
Supervalu is turning Albertsons into a winner, according to industry analysts, though there are still challenges to be met, they pointed out. The Minneapolis-based retailer and wholesaler is on course to do what it said it would do with the stores...
More supermarkets are getting into the drug counseling business and are expecting it to add significant dollars to their pharmacy bottom lines. Medication Therapy Management known widely as came to prominence as a reimbursed service of the...
Wellness centers will play a central role in supermarkets of the future, and general merchandise items will be a part of the products and services offered, said a workshop speaker during the General Merchandise Marketing Conference of Global...
THE NATION'S LARGEST organic dairy providers have taken initiatives designed to reassure consumers and the retailers they sell to, during a time when the entire industry faces tougher scrutiny and, potentially, additional regulation. Some of the...
WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN RULE STATE: Love thy consumer as thyself. California's activism does possess the spirit of the ancient moral principle. The state's long history of pro-consumer and environmental legislation influences everyday life here...
Hannaford Bros. and Shaw's Supermarkets are among the latest supermarket chains experimenting with novel ways to reduce the volume of perishables waste bound for expensive landfills. Shaw's, East Bridgewater, Mass., has started testing extractors...
THEY SMELL GREAT. They perform well. They're good for you and for Mother Earth. Such a multisensory message helps explain why environmentally friendly, natural-ingredient household cleaners once available almost exclusively from select retailers...