Spartan Stores will soon introduce smaller aluminum foil boxes that contain the same amount of foil as the current packaging, according to a Grand Rapids Press report. It says the boxes will be available in 100 stores.
Weis Markets has launched "Local and Proud of It", a new promotional campaign highlighting the grocer's commitment to locally grown produce. Local produce generates as much as 20% of Weis Markets' produce sales during peak growing season in the...
DAVID BALL IN SUSTAINABLE AG FILM KANSAS CITY, Kan. David Ball, president and owner of Ball's Hen House Markets and Ball's Price Chopper stores here, has appeared in a documentary film that makes a strong case for expanding the role of locally...
Sweetbay Supermarket here has joined the Environmental Protection Agency's GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, a voluntary program seeking to help grocery stores reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ozone-depleting gas releases from...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that its GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership with the supermarket industry now includes more than 6,500 stores in 47 states.
Big Y Foods hosted a Native Farmstand tour last weekend, in which farmers' markets featuring fruits and vegetables grown in Massachusetts and Connecticut were set up outside the entrance of select stores. Featured farmer John Burney of Meadowbrook...
From large chains to small independents, retailers are finding new ways to emphasize and promote the freshness of their seafood offerings. With buy local, buy fresh signs becoming a more common sight in produce departments, and consumers now...
After years of brisk ready-to-drink tea sales, the category has lost some steam. Single-serve varieties, with their quick and easily consumed health benefits, helped lead the charge toward double-digit growth year-over-year. But in 2008, sales...