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SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- Does Fresh Brands here know something that the country's larger wholesale/retail food companies don't?Recall that the two largest wholesaler/retailers -- Supervalu, Minneapolis, and Fleming, Dallas -- have in the last few years...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Farm Fresh Markets here is making a big thing of locally grown produce this year -- bigger than ever before.The chain doubled the size of an outside display of locally grown vegetables to more than 16 feet, and rolled it out...
As wholesalers get out of the business of owning conventional supermarkets, Fresh Brands is looking to buy a few good chains. The Wisconsin-based wholesaler/retailer services nearly all of its 100 corporate and franchise stores under the Piggly...
One veteran retailer I recently spoke with recalled that early deli departments got what everyone else didn't want. In fact, the deli was basically created to sell the luncheon meats and cheeses (and even rotisserie chicken) that were kicked out...
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- A variety of goods beyond the traditional stationery items are contributing to a solid back-to-school selling season for supermarkets, according to executives polled by SN.Whether it's grade school, high school, college or the...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Co. here is renaming all of its Fresh Fields stores as Whole Foods Market, the company told SN.replacing signage at its Fresh Fields stores in the Washington, D.C., market."With Whole Foods Market in the news more and...
In the beginning, there was no grand strategy. Yesterday's retailers had no master plan or blueprint that pointed to the future.Many fresh-food departments started out as simple convenience counters aimed at supporting Center Store. The idea was...
Rank & Year Specific1) 1954First frozen TV dinnerIntroduced by Swanson2) 1955First home model of microwave ovenIntroduced by Tappan3) 1962First in-store pharmacyOpened in Baltimore by Giant Food4) 1963First case-ready fresh poultry...
The seafood department has undergone profound changes in the past 50 years, especially considering that few supermarkets even had fresh seafood until the late 1970s. Until then, retailers mostly sold fish in the frozen case or in a corner of the...