WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Supermarkets have passed the first test of whether they're adequately complying with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's nutrition and safe handling labeling requirements for raw meat and poultry, according to a USDA report on...
Bruno's Names Merchandiseruno's here has named Terry B. List vice president of grocery merchandising.List was corporate director of category marketing for Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City.He succeeds Eric Bishop, who had the title of vice president of...
I just read your column, "Aisle Watch," in the Feb. 5 issue. In it you said, "... [Wal-Mart Stores'] goal to achieve sales of $100 billion for the fiscal year ended last week evidently won't be realized."the largest retailer was about $25 billion...
Despite pumping in spurts of promotional dollars, formula upgrades on household cleaners are forcing supermarkets to clean house in the category.Manufacturers are downsizing containers as they move toward products with stronger solutions...
WASHINGTON -- A two CD-ROM set detailing Efficient Consumer Response best practices has been released. The CD-ROMs, which are part of the Joint Industry Project on ECR, were unveiled by the Grocery Manufacturers of America here and Ernst & Young...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The age of the Internet will provide retailers with enormous opportunities for creating new avenues of business. But doing so will require breaking out of old ways of thinking about retailing and taking some bold leaps into...
WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- The deli and hot food counter at the recently renovated Grand Union supermarket here had a new element last weekend: a large backlit sign over the cases identifying the department as "The Best Takeout Restaurant in Town."am...
WASHINGTON -- A new report from the National Academy of Sciences is drawing wide praise from the food industry for validating the safety of fruits and vegetables.Retailers and other executives said the report confirms what many have said for years...
Retailers are eager to applaud the ascendancy of precut fruit as The Next Big Thing.But first, they'll have to put down their knives -- and for that, they're not quite so ready.In a roundtable discussion of the future of precut fruits and...