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CHICAGO Commodities prices have fallen steeply in recent weeks, driven down primarily by the broader market turmoil caused by the international credit crisis. Wheat futures last week fell to less than $6 per bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade...
Shoppers are facing difficult economic times, with rising food prices adding to that burden. But retailers and analysts agree that Thanksgiving and Christmas remain important family gathering times, when shoppers will still want to put the same...
KROGER MANUFACTURING HONORED CINCINNATI Kroger Manufacturing has been recognized by the International Dairy Foods Association for its outstanding worker safety performance after reducing accidents at its facilities by 80% in the past decade. The...
In an event greatly anticipated by the supermarket industry, Wal-Mart has debuted its modern take on the corner grocery store with four 15,000-square-foot Marketside locations in this market. Billed as a the Marketside openings arrive at a time...
In SN's first annual Category Excellence report, Fresh Market takes a look at some of the many ways fresh food suppliers are helping retailers sell more produce, meats, dairy, deli and bakery products. The reasons listed in the voting for this...
Food industry suppliers may be the biggest multitaskers in the business world. The demands placed on this group have surged as retailers seek a wider range of support and leadership from their trading partners. Gone are the days when the retailer...
SN has announced its Category Excellence Awards for a large number of suppliers who serve food retailers’ increasingly complex needs in a wide range of categories.
After years of debate and postponement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's mandatory country-of-origin labeling requirements will be effective, beginning tomorrow, on unprocessed perishables, including produce, meat, poultry and certain kinds of...
Morton Williams was prepared for the area's ethnicity, but the degree of its customers' health-consciousness came as a surprise. Organic milk, eggs and yogurt outsell the regular versions of these products at the 12-unit independent's newest store...
Wheat, corn and soybean futures all fell to multiweek lows last week due to a confluence of factors, including expectations that, due to higher-than-anticipated yields, global production of these crops would outpace demand in the coming months...