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Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has kicked off the back-to-school season with a selection of healthy, balanced lunches for children called Smart Boxes. The lunches, which retail for $2.98 each, include servings of baby carrots, dried fruit...
Turning his mainstream supermarket into Oregon's largest Hispanic grocery store Grande Foods was no easy task, but Tom Evans regrets nothing, nada. In fact, his big adventure has been gratifying in many ways, he said. Most notably, he and his co...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture can prohibit meatpacking companies from testing their cattle for mad cow disease, a U.S. Court of Appeals panel has ruled.
It may have a slim profile, but low-fat dairy packs a nutritional punch that's good for the heart, kidneys and much more, recent studies show. Industry observers say the findings could help promote low- or no-fat dairy products, and undo some of...
Stew Leonard's in Norwalk, Conn., has introduced its first deli meat turkey shortly after adding Naked pork to its successful line of fresh meats that are free of hormones, antibiotics and preservatives. Naked pork was added last month to the...
THE RISE OF ANIMAL WELFARE as a purchase driver in the meat department has led to fundamental changes in the way animal proteins are marketed in the supermarket. Caught in the middle, mainstream operators have been prodded by increasingly vocal...
Inflation is quickly spreading from the energy market into the broader economy, and the situation may be even more challenging for meat and poultry producers, which faced a 41.8% increase in prepared animal feeds during the 12 months ending in...
Agriprocessors, the nation's largest kosher meat supplier, is slowly recovering from a federal raid at its Postville, Iowa, plant in May. And while the company has made negative headlines in the past for environmental violations, labor disputes...
In an economy where many consumers are struggling to tread water, supermarket seafood sales may be one of the latest casualties as shoppers reel in their food budgets. The Perishables Group reported that fresh seafood sales in supermarkets have...
It's been another challenging year for perishables departments. In the face of rising wholesale prices in many categories, retailers are left to choose between sacrificing margins or volume as shoppers pinch pennies in this difficult economy...